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This component requires you to complete FOUR Grade 11 or 12 level courses with a specified international focus AND to complete at least TWO major projects tasks with a specific internationalized focus in any other courses between Grades 9 and 12.

Part A

Part B

Part A: International-Focused Courses 

Take any FOUR provincially accredited full credit courses that have a specified international focus. At least one of the 4 credits you take must be from those courses in bold. Courses may include, but are not limited to:

Music**

AMU3M, 4M or other senior music course

Dance**

ATC3M, 3O, 4E, or 4M

Visual Arts**

AVI3M, 4M

Photography**

AWQ4M

International Business

BBB4M, 4E

Analysing Current Economic Issues

CIA4U

Regional Geography

CGD3M

Forces of Nature: Physical Process and Disasters

CGF3M

Travel and Tourism: A Geographic Perspective

CGG3O

The Environment and Resource Management

CGR4M, 4E

World Issues: A Geographic Analysis

CGW4U, 4C

World Geography: Urban Patterns and Population Issues

CGU4M, 4C

American History

CHA3U

Canadian History and Politics since 1945

CHH3C, 3E

Canada: History, Identity, and Culture, Grade 12, University 

CHI4U

Adventures in World History

CHM4E

World History since 1990: Global and Regional Interactions 

CHT3O

World History to the end of the 15th Century

CHW3M

World History since the Fifteenth Century

CHY4U, 4C

Analysing Current Economic Issues 

CIA4U

Canadian and International Law

CLN4U

Canadian and International Politics

CPW4U

Studies in Literature

ETS4U, 4C

French Immersion

FIF3U, 4U, FSF3U, 4U

Core French

FSF3O

Food and Culture

HFC3M

Nutrition and Health

HFA4U, 4C

The World of Fashion

HNB4M, 4O

World Religions and Belief Traditions in Daily Life

HRF3O

World Religions and Belief Traditions: Perspectives, Issues and Challenges

HRT3M

Challenge and Change in Society

HSB4U

World Cultures

HSC4M

Equity and Social Justice: From Theory to Practice

HSE4M

Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology 

HSP3U, 3M, 3C

Philosophy: The Big Questions

HZB3M

Philosophy: Questions and Theories

HZT4U

Contemporary Indigenous Issues and Perspectives in a Global Context 

NDW4M

Environmental Science

SVN3M, 3E

Hospitality and Tourism

TFJ3C, 4C

TFJ3E, 4E

TFT3C, 4C

Other credit courses, including Co-op and/ or Link Crew with an international or intercultural focus, may be eligible for Component 2 with the prior approval from your school's ICP Teacher Advisor. 

**A maximum of 2 Arts courses can be applied towards the ICP. 


Course availability may vary by school. Courses used to fulfill the international language component will not count as one of the four senior credits; however, a second international language course may count.

University

Mixed

College

Workplace

Open

CHA3U

AMU3M or 4M

CHH3C

CHH3E

ATC3O

FIF3U 

ATC3M or 4M*

TFJ3C or 4C

SVN3E

CGG3O

FSF3U

AVI3M or 4M*

TFT3C or 4C

TFJ3E or 4E

CHT3O

HSP3U

CGD3M

CGU4C

ATC4E

FSF3O

CGW4U

CGF3M

CGW4C

BBB4E

HRF3O

CHI4U

CHW3M

CHY4C

CGR4E

HNB4O

CHY4U

HFC3M

ETS4C

CHM4E

 

CIA4U

HNB4M

HFA4C

   

CLN4U

HRT3M

HSP3C

   

CPW4U

HSP3M

     

ETS4U

HZB3M

     

FIF4U

SVN3M

     

FSF4U

AWQ4M

     

HFA4U

BBB4M

     

HSB4U

CGR4M

     

HZT4U

CGU4M

     
 

HSC4M

     
 

HSE4M

   

 

Part B:  Internationalized Assignments

With pre-approval from your teacher, you will be required to adapt any major project or assignment in any TWO other courses between Grades 9 and 12. 

Before starting, get your teacher’s approval using the summative proposal form on how you can take a specific international, intercultural or global perspective on the summative. See examples below:

AVI1O

  • Egyptian Ceramic Mug
  • Canopic Jars Summative

AMV3M 

  • Greek Mythology Song Composition

CGC1D

  • the internationalized impact that global warming has
  • Global Issue Study
  • China town sustainability
  • GeoWalk

CHC2D

  • Human Rights in Canada and Russia. 
  • comparing the rights of the LGBTQ community and different races/cultures in the two countries.
  • Reference to the Canadian charter of rights and to Russia's practically non-existent acceptance 
  • Canadian/Dutch citizen who helped during World War Two
  • The use of proportional representation in other countries and its success  / failure
  • The global outreach of Oxfam Canada
  • Rwandan Genocide

CHC2DF

  • Canada & USA post 911 Essay

CHV2O

  • HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa
  • Civil Rights Trailblazer/Leader summative

ENG2D

  • Story book on Jewish holiday explained for kids
  • Exploring identity through culture, religion, societal values
  • Exploring the prompt from a global point of view

ENG3U

  • Speech on brutality in different countries of the world
  • Madame Bovary WIT Essy

ENG4U

  • Norse Mythology
  • WIT essay: Christian imagery in Zorba the Greek
  • India in time of emergency

GLC20D

  • Global Vision Poster board Presentation

HFN2O

  • Making a summative cookbook with recipes from a variety of different countries.

LWSDBCU

  • Global Architecture Presentation
  • Global Appetizers Project

MPM2DE

  • Written element to project explaining how art and math can be linked and how math is taught / viewed around the world