Prerequisite: Grade 11 or 12 standing

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12.

Description:

This is a project-based course where students will participate in the process of ideating, prototyping, testing, sharing, and revising. They will conduct user-centred research to create and promote products, services, and ideas to their target markets using various marketing and promotion strategies. Students will also explore the ethics of marketing so that they can use their skills not only for personal benefit but also for the public good.

Recommendations:

• Students should have an interest in human motivation and the dynamics of social interaction.
• Students should be proficient with technology such as conducting Boolean searches and curating a presentation on PowerPoint.

Description:

This course introduces students to the world of culinary arts. Students will become familiar with basic food safety and baking and cooking fundamentals. Students will learn the essentials of healthy eating so that they will be able to prepare well balanced, nourishing meals.

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12. Must take another 2-quarter course.

Description:

This course delves deeper into the foundations of culinary arts and nutrition. Skills are developed in food preparation, recipe methodology, and the use of equipment. Sanitation and personal and food safety are priorities. Students will become knowledgeable of nutrients and will develop the ability to prepare nourishing dishes and baked goods with adaptations to make recipes healthier. In addition to theory, the lab work develops cooperative skills in food preparation. Many cooking and baking methods are included, along with meal planning, budgeting, food production and ethics.

Additional Information:

• Students may be required to supply some ingredients for self-selected recipes.
• This course runs for 2 quarters.

Prerequisite: Food Studies 10

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12

Description:

This course expands the students’ knowledge of food preparation techniques, ingredients and adaptations, and the skillful use of equipment. Collaboration and creativity are fostered, and the elements of the design process are integrated into cooking labs. Many cooking and baking methods are included, along with meal planning, budgeting and marketing strategies. World food issues, food guides, and food labelling are also examined.

Additional Information:

Students may be required to supply some ingredients for self-selected recipes.

Prerequisite: Food Studies 11

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12

Description:

This course expands the students’ knowledge of food preparation techniques, ingredients and adaptations, and the skillful use of equipment. Collaboration and creativity are fostered, and the elements of the design process are integrated into cooking labs. Multi-course meal development and preparation is a priority, and students develop the skills to adjust and develop recipes of their own. Complex cooking and baking methods are taught. Students also explore food-related topics such as food justice, food policies and philosophies, and career opportunities.

Additional Information:

Students may be required to supply some ingredients for self-selected recipes.

Description:

In Information and Communications Technology 9, students will be introduced to the basics of coding, learn and apply web and/or app design strategies to create personalized projects.

Additional Information:

This course runs for 1 quarter.

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12. Must take another 2-quarter course.

Description:

In Computer Studies 10, students will learn the essential components of a computer, different types of computer applications, basic computer programming concepts, and the impacts of technology use on personal health. Students will have opportunities to apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills to design, plan, and develop digital products such as computer systems and educational games.

Additional Information:

This course runs for 2 quarters.

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12

Description:

This course explores computer programming from a design perspective. Students have opportunities to deepen their understanding of the design process and learn how it is related to the software development cycle. Through working on projects, both individually and collaboratively, students study strategies to decompose problems, computational thinking processes, programming language constructs, ways to modify existing program code, and uses of pre-built libraries. At the end of this course, students are prepared for Computer Programming 12.

Prerequisite: Computer Programming 11

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education

Description:

This course explores computer programming from a design perspective. Students will continue to develop the computer programming, problem-solving, and collaboration skills acquired in Computer Programming 11. They will work on open-ended projects to study strategies to decompose complex problems, computational thinking processes, advanced programming language constructs, ways to modify existing program code, and uses of pre-built libraries.

Recommendations:

Students should be proficient in developing simple computer programs using a programming language such as Python, Java or C++.

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12. Must take another 2-quarter course.

Description:

This course will focus on digital photography basics and graphic design. Students will have the opportunities to explore photo composition, digital image editing, and layout design in projects and use graphic design software to create various products. At the end of this course, students are prepared for Media Design 11.

Additional Information:

This course runs for 2 quarters.

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12

Description:

Media Design 11 is an innovative senior course that operates like a real-world workplace experience, including customer relations, conceptual work, collaboration, independent productivity, critical feedback, and meeting deadlines.  These marketable skills are challenging for students but invest in their future employability. Concentrating on the intricacies and fundamentals of planning, designing, preparing and producing professional page layouts, the RCS yearbook is a historical record of the year and a personal portfolio. RCS graduates have used their published pages in their portfolios to apply to design programs and in job interviews that request work samples. Students will become proficient with digital media, software programs such as Photoshop, event photography, inter-personal research and communications, and composition principles.

Prerequisite: Media Design 11

Graduation Requirement: ADST and Arts Education 10, 11 or 12

Description:

Media Design 12 is an innovative senior course that operates like a real-world workplace experience, including customer relations, conceptual work, collaboration, independent productivity, critical feedback, and meeting deadlines. Students will take on leadership roles in managing the complexity of publishing a yearbook. Students will become highly proficient with digital media, software programs such as Photoshop, event photography, inter-personal research and communications, and composition principles.

Recommendations:

Students should be proficient with digital media and digital graphic programs such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop.