Havergal's Uncalendar, 2018-19 Academic Year

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

GRADE 12 IDC4U – Education for a Changing World, Grade 12, University Preparation 1 CREDIT Maybe you harbour a secret yearning to explore your passions and interests, but haven’t had much time or opportunity to immerse yourself in them during your academic career. Or maybe you possess a strong desire to investigate and report on a troubling issue, phenomenon or event—past or present—and perhaps improve people’s lives through your research. Or maybe you’ve been studying a subject informally for years and you’d relish a chance to research it more formally. Whatever your impetus, if you’re at all interested in pursuing an independent research interest, this course is for you! Each student’s final product of the course is a formal scholarly study, supported by primary and secondary research designed to “fill a gap” in existing knowledge about the subject of interest. Along the way, you’ll also learn about various research approaches and methods, how to present an elevator speech, how to locate and connect to mentors, how to weather—and honour—the peaks and valleys of the research process and how to be a productive member of a research community.. The course draws on multiple disciplines to explore the interconnectedness of things, people and ideas. Prerequisite: Any University or University/College preparation course

Students may take a maximum of three interdisciplinary studies courses—one each of Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 11, Open (IDC3O); Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, University Preparation (IDC4U); and Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, Open (IDC4O). GRADE 11 IDC3O – Applied Journalism (Yearbook), Grade 11, Open 1 CREDIT As part of the yearbook crew, you will develop the school’s yearbook from initial planning to final execution and submission for printing. Through the process, the yearbook crew is responsible for planning the look, taking the photos, designing the page layouts and exporting the book for press. You will start the year planning the theme, the physical size and the content of the yearbook. You will then explore graphic design through the planning of page design for the yearbook. These designs are transferred to the computer using page layout applications. For content, you will start the year learning some basics of photo composition and photojournalism. You will then take photos of events, clubs and teams during the year. These images are then colour corrected on the computer and inserted into the layouts. After proofing, the layouts are exported for press and finally distributed to the whole student body. In addition, you will learn project management through the development of a large project that requires cooperation among all of the students in the class. Special notes: This interdisciplinary course provides students with an opportunity to create informative print media for the school and community through the production of the school’s yearbook. Students investigate sources of information and compare differing perspectives on key issues, developing both a sense of news and news judgment through yearbook entries and photojournalism. They also learn editorial conventions and practices, learn principles of print and management skills and explore legal and ethical uses of information that is made public. Career options in journalism, photojournalism and print production are also explored. This course combines the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies (Grade 11, Open) with selected expectations from Communications Technology (Grade 11, University/College Preparation), Media Arts (Grade 11, Open) and Media Studies (Grade 11, Open). Recommended preparation: ENG2D – English, Grade 10, Academic

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