CIVICS

Course Code: CHV20

Credit Value: 0.5

Course Description

This course explores rights and responsibilities associated with being an active citizen in a democratic society. Students will explore issues of civic importance such as healthy schools, community planning, environmental responsibility, and the influence of social media, while developing their understanding of the role of civic engagement and political processes in the local, national, and/or global community. Students will apply the concepts of political thinking and the political inquiry process to investigate, and express inform opinions about, a range of political issues and developments that are both of significance in today’s world and of the personal interest to them.

1. Democracy – Issues and Ideas
2. Democracy – The Canadian Context
3. Democracy – Global Perspective

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