Grade 11

HFC3M1 - Food and Culture 

This course focuses on the flavours, aromas, cooking techniques, foods, and cultural traditions of world cuisines. Students will explore the origins of and developments in diverse food traditions. 

Students will develop practical skills and apply social science research methods while investigating foods and food practices from around the world. The practical portion of this course will include preparing foods from different countries around the world that students will research and present as part of their Individual Study Unit. 

HNC3C1 - Understanding Fashion 

Students will gain an understanding of theories related to fashion trends and of how culture, media, fashion cycles, retailing, and social and environmental factors influence fashion trends and consumer behaviour. They will use various tools, technologies, and techniques safely and correctly to create fashion items. 

In addition, students will apply knowledge of fibers, fabrics, and the elements and principles of design when creating and assessing fashion-related products. Students will develop research skills as they investigate topics related to fashion. 

HSC4M/HSP3C -World Studies /Black Studies Focus 

This course introduces students to theories, questions, and issues related to anthropology, psychology, and sociology. 

Black Studies examines historical and contemporary issues of importance to people of African ancestry by studying and interpreting various texts considering how these issues are illuminated or obscured by various social theories, models and approaches in social sciences. Through the interdisciplinary domain of Black Studies, individuals develop critical, analytical, oral and written communication skills. 

HSP3U1 - Introduction: Anthropology/Psychology/Sociology 

This course provides students with opportunities to think critically about theories, questions, and issues related to anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Students will develop an understanding of the approaches and research methods used by social scientists. They will be given opportunities to explore theories from a variety of perspectives, to conduct social science research, and to become familiar with current thinking on a range of issues within the three disciplines. 

HZB3M1 - Philosophy: The Big Questions 

This course encourages exploration of philosophy's big questions, such as: What is a meaningful life? What separates right from wrong? What constitutes knowledge? What makes something beautiful? What is a just society? Students will develop critical thinking and philosophical reasoning skills as they identify and analyse the responses of philosophers to the big questions and formulate their own responses to them. Students will explore the relevance of philosophical questions to society and to their everyday life.