A Grade 10, 11 or 12 course in Applied Skills (ADST)/Arts Education is required for graduation.
Culinary Arts 12
In Culinary Arts 12, students will begin exploring food and kitchen safety. From there, students will explore various celebratory foods, interact with multiple herbs and spices, tackle numerous forms of dough and bread, and interact intentionally with the updated Canada Food Guide. Students will also get to plan and execute a party and explore the cultural importance of Indigenous foods.
Required Prerequisites: None
Digital AV Media 12
This course was created through a REACH initiative by the BC Conference of the SDA Church, specifically for students interested in giving back to their local church communities through the ministry of AV Media Production. In this course, students will learn about basic copyright laws, internet identity and safety, and how to create an online portfolio. Students will also learn the basics of photography and video production, colour theory, team leadership management, and script development. For their final projects, students will make a video documentary.
Required Prerequisites: None
A Grade 10, 11 or 12 course in Applied Skills (ADST)/Arts Education is required for graduation.
Instrumental Music: Concert Band 12
In Instrumental Music 12, each student is learning and practicing their own instrument of choice, sending in a monthly sample of their playing, participating in quarterly recitals/performances (if possible), and submitting a monthly log indicating daily practice time.
Required Prerequisites: None
Instrumental Music: Guitar 12
In Guitar 12, each student is learning and practicing the guitar, sending in a monthly sample of their playing, participating in quarterly recitals/performances (if possible), and submitting a monthly log indicating daily practice time.
Required Prerequisites: None
Instrumental Music: Orchestra 12
In Instrumental Music 12, each student is learning and practicing their own instrument of choice, sending in a monthly sample of their playing, participating in quarterly recitals/performances (if possible), and submitting a monthly log indicating daily practice time.
Required Prerequisites: None
Career Life Connections 11/12
In Career Life Connections, students will review and revise their digital footprint, create a network of career contacts, develop a cover letter and resume, practice interview skills, learn about workplace etiquette and safety and log volunteer hours in an area related to their chosen career. Students will complete the course by creating a Capstone Project that they will present to a panel of their choosing. Their Capstone Project will highlight their future education, career plans, and goals.
Required Prerequisites: Career Life Education
Required for graduation
Encounter 12
“Bible class,” as we call it, is more than a time for reading, discussing, thinking or debating. We have the privilege of allotting time daily for study and reflection so that we who seek God may grow to know and love Him and His ways more with each passing moment and so that we can better understand His intent and desire for our lives – that is, His desire to live His holy life through us! This course is required for all full-time WCAS students.
Required Prerequisites: None
English Studies 12
In English Studies 12, students will have opportunities to read and analyze numerous works of literature and sources, incorporating their interests into their research, writing, and creative projects. Students will learn the skills necessary to detect bias in literary works, uncover hidden meaning and symbolism in poems and stories, write first-year college-level essays, and present quality speeches professionally.
Required Prerequisites: 4 Credits of Language Arts 10 and Literary Studies 11
Required for graduation
Apprenticeship Math 12
This self-paced course is designed to start you on a path toward direct entry into a trades program or the workforce. The topics you’ll cover include metric and imperial measurement systems, similar triangles and trigonometry, 2D and 3D shapes, 3D object views, math in the workplace and financial literacy focusing on business.
Required Prerequisites: Workplace Math 11 or Pre-Calculus 11
Calculus 12
This course is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of math and critical-thinking skills that will be needed in post-secondary programs like engineering and science. Topics include limits and continuity, derivatives and their applications, integrals, differential equations and mathematical modelling.
Required Prerequisites: Pre-Calculus 12
Pre-Calculus 12
Pre-Calc 12 is designed to provide students with the mathematical understandings and critical-thinking skills identified for entry into post-secondary programs requiring theoretical calculus. Topics include transformations and a wide variety of functions ranging from polynomials to rational functions.
Required Prerequisites: Pre-Calculus 11
Physical Education 12
This course encourages regular, enjoyable physical activity that contributes to a healthy body and mind. Students plan their own programs and choose their own activities, which might range from something as simple as walking the dog to participating in team sports. In addition to the physical activity program, there are written activities and readings about the active lifestyle, as well as involvement with community or church programs involving some leadership.
Required Prerequisites: None
Anatomy and Physiology 12
In Anatomy and Physiology 12, we study every system of the human body. Initially, we study cells, how each organelle inside the cell functions, and their role in the body. Once we know what is happening at the microscopic level, we study several body systems, including the digestive, respiratory, nervous, circulatory and reproductive systems.
Required Prerequisites: Life Sciences 11 or Chemistry 11
Chemistry 12
In Chemistry 12, we study chemical reactions. We examine rates of reactions, equilibrium, how things work in solutions, acids and bases and finally, electrochemistry. Chemistry 12 uses math extensively, including logarithms, but, most importantly, algebra.
Required Prerequisites: Chemistry 11
Physics 12
When we study physics, we want to find out how the world around us works. This includes the smallest electrons and the largest stars. In Physics 12, students will be studying several topics from Physics 11 in more detail, and you will also be working on many new topics with magnetism, including electromagnetic induction.
Required Prerequisites: Physics 11 and Pre-Calculus 11
French 12
This course builds on French 11. Students discuss entertainment, culture, government, and the marketplace and have the opportunity to refine and perfect their conversational skills.
Required Prerequisites: None
Italian 12
This course builds on Italian 11 and further develops listening, writing, reading and speaking skills, emphasizing communicative competence. Language structures and vocabulary are reviewed as the student is exposed to more complex grammar, vocabulary and reading selections.
Required Prerequisites: None
Spanish 12
This course builds on Spanish 11 and further develops listening, writing, reading and speaking skills, emphasizing communicative competence. Language structures and vocabulary are reviewed as the student is exposed to more complex grammar, vocabulary and reading selections.
Required Prerequisites: None
Comparative World Religions
It’s human nature to pursue truth and to find answers to the big questions that plague our minds. Answers come to us in many forms through world religions and other philosophical arguments. Our worldview lens impacts what we choose to believe as true. In this course, students will explore the worldviews of the following world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, along with a closer look at spirituality in First Peoples cultures.
Required Prerequisites: Social Studies 10
Law 12 fosters skills and attitudes that enhance students’ abilities to address legal, social, and ethical issues, as well as reflect critically on the role of law in society. The study of law also promotes the skills and abilities needed to clearly express ideas, argue effectively and logically, and interpret the written word accurately.
Required Prerequisites: Social Studies 10
Physical Geography 12
This course covers the physical and human-created systems of the world by studying people, places, environments and their interrelationships. It closely examines the Nature of Geography, Systems of the Earth, and Resources of the Earth. Through this course, students will be able to develop an analytical understanding of how local, regional, and global environments affect them and ways to maintain the balance of those systems for the future sustainability of Earth’s resources.
Required Prerequisites: Social Studies 10