Dual Credit Courses Offered to Secondary School Students

Courses Offered (Winter 2025)

The courses we are running for Winter 2025 are:

Children, Play and Creativity

Children learn naturally through play. This is a well-documented and evidenced understanding of children’s development. This course supports students in understanding the value and complexity of play in children’s lives. Students are better able to understand how learning environments and experiences meet professional standards once a foundational understanding of play is established.

Electric and Electronic Control 1

Students acquire a basic knowledge of electrical circuits, electronic theory, thermostats, limit switches, photo cells, inductive switches, capacitive switches, transducers, thermocouples and solenoids. The course is delivered in a lab/lecture format.

Game Programming

Students create computer programs using an appropriate language. Learners implement fundamental logical structures and describe how they can be applied to games. Students focus on object-oriented programming.

Group Exercise

This course provides students with the skills required to plan and instruct a group exercise class. Topics include class formats, use of music, cueing, and successful instructional techniques. Students gain experience in instructing warmup, cardiovascular, group strength, and flexibility/mobility training routines. This active course takes place in a dedicated group exercise studio where students practice teaching sessions and learn from their peers and their instructor.

Introduction to Business

Students enrolled in this course are assigned the role of business manager, and are responsible for acquiring the knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for success in business. Students will participate in a business simulation where they will experience the challenges of managing a small business in a competitive environment. Throughout the simulation, students will examine what managers do to establish and achieve business goals, and the interrelationship between functional areas within the organization. Beyond business concepts, students will develop an important foundation of professional behaviours necessary to manage their own success. Students will grow their confidence and ability to work effectively in groups, take ownership of their learning, manage their time, practice effective communication skills, and develop and deliver purposeful business presentations. The essential business skills, knowledge, and behaviours developed throughout this course will establish the foundation of future academic success, while preparing students for the professional demands of a career in business.

Life Drawing For Animation 1

This is a drawing fundamentals course that introduces students as to how to properly interpret and record visual information. Establishing a solid foundation in theory tools, and skills that any artist would need to truly master their craft, students will be well equipped to solve any visual problem they may be presented with.

Studio Production 1

This course introduces students to the functions and operation of each piece of equipment associated with a professional television studio. They will understand the different shot requirements involved with a 3-camera setup while learning how to shoot using the director's vision and guidance. Using an assortment of projects, the students rotate through all of the crew positions and understand the importance of each member of a production team in a television studio setting. Students are also instructed regarding production positions and their roles.

Welding

This course is an introduction to personal protective equipment for oxy-gas welding and cutting and arc welding. Students learn to set up and operate oxyacetylene and arc welding equipment to weld and cut safely to all specifications. The course is delivered in a lab/lecture format.