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THE PROGRAM IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 21
Biotechnology, Grade 12, Open
Credit value: 3
This package of courses consists of the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, Open, as well as all the expectations from the following two component courses: Biology, Grade 11, College Preparation; Chemistry, Grade 12, College Preparation.
This package of courses will help students investigate biotechnological developments, products, and careers in such diverse fields as health care, agriculture, forestry, and marine life. Students will examine how biotechnology firms operate and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary both for admission into a biotechnology program at a community college and for success in their working lives. Using diverse resources and research methods, they will also evaluate the economic, political, social, cultural, environmental, and ethical issues raised in this developing field.
Indigenous Peoples in the Information Age, Grade 12, Open
Credit value: 3
This package of courses consists of the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, Open, as well as all the expectations from the following two component courses: Issues of Indigenous Peoples in a Global Context, Grade 12, University/College Preparation; Media Studies, Grade 11, Open.
This package of courses examines, within the context of information and communications media, existing and emerging issues that are important to indigenous peoples worldwide. Stu- dents will conduct interdisciplinary research into the challenges posed by information and communications media and technologies to the social, political, economic, and cultural life and aspirations of indigenous peoples. They will analyse diverse sources of information (e.g., oral, print, and electronic) relating to indigenous peoples, and will also investigate how indigenous peoples use traditional and emergent information technologies to affirm their identity in the global economy.
Science and the Community, Grade 12, Open
Credit value: 3
This package of courses will emphasize the rights and responsibilities associated with the sci- entific applications of such information technologies as the Internet and databases (e.g., regarding genetic patents and organ registry). This package consists of the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, Open, as well as all the expectations from the following two component courses: English, Grade 12,Workplace Preparation; Science, Grade 12, Workplace Preparation.
This package of courses prepares students for a lifelong involvement with science-related projects and activities in their local community. Students will learn to formulate and research questions about science topics of immediate and future concern, to use practical methods for accessing a range of sources of scientific information, and to analyse, organize, and communi- cate scientific information effectively. They will also examine the interdisciplinary processes that will help them responsibly apply scientific solutions to problems in their community and at the national and international levels.