Culinary Arts 12
In Culinary Arts 12, students get to learn about many different types of food. From vegetables and fruits, to milk, pastries and cookies, there is a large array of dishes to learn about. This class also includes nutritional information and has a few great vegetarian and even a vegan recipe or two, as well!
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 those students who are 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. As well, students will learn the basics of photography and video production, learning about topics such as colour theory, team leadership management, and script development. For their final projects, students will make their own video documentary.
Required Prerequisites: None
Instrumental Music: Concert Band 12
This course gives students a chance to refine their instrumental music skills. This involves private lessons, recording their own playing, theory and music history.
Music education enables students to interact with sound, simultaneously engaging mind, body, and spirit.
Through creating, performing, and listening to music, students experience the ways in which music evokes and conveys thoughts, images, and feelings. Music education makes a valuable and unique contribution to students’ intellectual growth, and integrates intellectual and emotional development. Shared experiences in music significantly contribute to the development of a healthier society through activities that respect and reflect the diversity of human experiences. Music education enables all learners to explore, create, perceive, and communicate thoughts, images, and feelings through music. These experiences are unique and essential, and make a significant contribution to learners’ lifelong development as educated citizens.
Required Prerequisites: None
Instrumental Music: Guitar 12
This course gives students a chance to refine their guitar skills. This involves private lessons, recording their own playing, theory and music history.
Music education enables students to interact with sound, simultaneously engaging mind, body, and spirit. Through creating, performing, and listening to music, students experience the ways in which music evokes and conveys thoughts, images, and feelings. Music education makes a valuable and unique contribution to students’ intellectual growth, and integrates intellectual and emotional development. Shared experiences in music significantly contribute to the development of a healthier society through activities that respect and reflect the diversity of human experiences. Music education enables all learners to explore, create, perceive, and communicate thoughts, images, and feelings through music. These experiences are unique and essential, and make a significant contribution to learners’ lifelong development as educated citizens.
Required Prerequisites: None
Instrumental Music: Orchestra 12
This course gives students a chance to refine their orchestral music skills. This involves private lessons, recording their own playing, theory and music history.
Music education enables students to interact with sound, simultaneously engaging mind, body, and spirit. Through creating, performing, and listening to music, students experience the ways in which music evokes and conveys thoughts, images, and feelings. Music education makes a valuable and unique contribution to students’ intellectual growth, and integrates intellectual and emotional development. Shared experiences in music significantly contribute to the development of a healthier society through activities that respect and reflect the diversity of human experiences. Music education enables all learners to explore, create, perceive, and communicate thoughts, images, and feelings through music. These experiences are unique and essential, and make a significant contribution to learners’ lifelong development as educated citizens.
Required Prerequisites: None
Career Life Connections 11/12
In Career Life Connections 11/12, students work through two major units of the Career Education for Grades 11/12: Career Life Connections coursework Units 1-6 (to be completed over the course of Grade 11), and a Capstone Project (to be completed over the course of Grade 12). Please note that this coursework and the Capstone Project must be completed before a student qualifies for graduation. Career Life Connections coursework includes the following units: My Digital Footprint, Professional and Social Media Networking, Communication Skills, Workplace Etiquette, Workplace Safety, and Volunteer and Work Experience.
Required Prerequisites: Career Life Education
Bible 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!
We know that we live in a world where obedience is barely considered and rebellion is eagerly fostered and seemingly rewarded. As the day of Jesus’ second coming draws nearer it is all-the-more important that our lives are a declaration of the reality of who God is. This comes about not by mere understanding, but through a personal growing relationship with Jesus. This is what you will be encouraged and challenged toward in this class. After that, it’s up to you. Your “yes” belongs to God, not to men. This course is required for all full-time WCAS students.
Required Prerequisites: None
English Studies 12
Students are introduced to a variety of English language literature, from the Shakespearean era through to today’s modern texts. Students will have the opportunity to read and analyze many works of literature and sources, as well as incorporate their own personal skills into their research, writing, and creative projects.
Required Prerequisites: 4 Credits of Language Arts 10 and Literary Studies 11
Apprenticeship Math 12
This self-paced course is designed to start you on a path towards direct entry into a trades program or into the workforce. The topics you’ll cover include metric and imperial systems of measurement, similar triangles and trigonometry, 2D and 3D shapes, 3D object views, math in the workplace and financial literacy focusing on business. As much as you can, you should focus on developing your critical-thinking skills and apply those skills when you face new problems.
Required Prerequisites: Workplace Math 11 or Pre-Calculus 11
Calculus 12
This pathway is designed to provide students with a foundational understanding of math and critical-thinking skills that will be needed in post-secondary programs and is specifically designed for students planning to pursue tracks in Math-related fields. Topics include trigonometry, factorization including polynomials, exponent laws, relations and functions and financial literacy associated with the workplace.
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 that require the study of theoretical calculus. Topics include transformations as well as wide variety of functions ranging from polynomial functions to rational functions.
Required Prerequisites: Pre-Calculus 11
Physical Education 12
The purpose of this course is to encourage regular, enjoyable physical activity that contributes to a healthy body and mind. Students plan their own program and choose their own activities, which might range from something as simple as walking the dog to participation 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 thoroughly study cells and how each organelle inside the cell functions and what role it has in the body. Once we know what is going on at the microscopic level we get to study several systems of the body including the digestive, respiratory, nervous, circulatory and reproductive systems. This course is a lot of fun and does involve hands on activities and a dissection.
Required Prerequisites: Life Sciences 11 or Chemistry 11
Chemistry 12
In Chemistry 12 we study chemical reactions. We study 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 you will be studying a number of topics from Physics 11 with more detail and you will also be working on many new topics with magnetism and electricity.
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 the skills of listening, writing, reading and speaking with the emphasis on 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 the skills of listening, writing, reading and speaking with the emphasis on 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 the 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 spiritually in First Peoples cultures.
Required Prerequisites: Social Studies 10
Citizens living in a democracy should develop an awareness of their legal rights and responsibilities. Knowledge of the law is presupposed in our legal system, as illustrated by the maxim, “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” It follows that students should understand how laws are applied and reviewed. The relevance of legal studies extends beyond students’ need to know about the legal system and content of law. Students also need to understand the role of law and the benefits of the legal system, especially as Christians, who are admonished to uphold law and respect governing authority. Legally literate students are more likely to become active, informed, and productive citizens, and are better equipped to participate effectively in a democratic society and recognize what conduct is regulated by law. Law 12 fosters skills and attitudes that enhance students’ abilities to address legal, social, and ethical issues, and 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 accurately interpret the written word.
Required Prerequisites: Social Studies 10
Physical Geography 12
This course covers both the physical and human-created systems of the world in the study of people, places, environments and their interrelationships. It examines closely 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 future sustainability of Earth’s resources.
Required Prerequisites: Social Studies 10