Liberal Arts Student

The following is an example of a potential schedule for the student seeking a liberal arts curriculum in secondary school and University.

Please note that the group 2, 3, 4, and 6 have a selection of options available to complete this course of study, and the Options and Compulsory section allows the student to construct their curriculum in such a way to earn the required compulsory courses for their Ontario Diploma and take courses that interest them and lead towards their post-secondary goals

Pre-IB Years

	PRE-IB (9)	PRE-IB (10)
Group 1: Language A1	Enriched English	Enriched English
Group 2: 2nd Lanugage	French or Spanish	French or Spanish
Group 3: Individuals and Society	Enriched Geography	Enriched History
Group 4: Experimental Science	Enriched Science	Enriched Science
Group 5: Mathematics	Academic Math (Maths Studies)	Academic Math (Math Studies)
Group 6: IB Option	N/A	N/A
Theory of Knowledge	N/A	N/A
Options and Compulsory courses of Ontario Diploma	3 Student choices	3 Student choices
	8 courses expected	8 courses expected

IB Diploma Years

	IB 1 (11)	IB 2 (12)
Group 1: Language A1	Enriched English	Enriched English
Group 2: 2nd Lanugage	French or Spanish	French or Spanish
Group 3: Individuals and Society	Choice of Geography, History, or ITGS	Continuation of IB 1 choice
Group 4: Experimental Science	Enriched Biology	Contination of Enriched Biology
Group 5: Mathematics	Functions and Relations or Function (Math Studies)	Math of Data Management (Math Studies)
Group 6: IB Option	A second selection form group 2 or 3, Music or Art	Continuation of IB 1 choice
Theory of Knowledge	ToK	N/A
Options and Compulsory courses of Ontario Diploma	1 Student choices	2 Student choices
	8 courses expected	6 courses minimum

Liberal Arts studies at University offer a great diversity to students. Program options offered are: Linguistics, Law, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, English, History, Geography, Leisure Studies, Political Science, Women's Studies, Public Administration, Music (these selections taken from the University of Ottawa course calendar)

Adding the Calculus would offer as well: Commerce, Accounting, Arts (Mathematics), Human Kinetics, Economics

Many universities will assess the student's grades based on their top six 4U/M courses including English, additional courses will require the additional Calculus course.

Grade 11 Options courses would be filled with University pre-requisites ouside of IB.

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