Career and Technology Studies (CTS) provides students in Grades 10 to 12 with “hands on learning” and activity centered learning. Introductory courses are meant to be exploratory and offer wide varieties of experiences. The Career & Technology Studies (CTS) program helps you acquire the knowledge, skills and attitude for a career that is relevant to your interests. The entire CTS program centers around five industry clusters and 28 occupational areas organized into one-credit courses.
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Career & Technology Studies (CTS) offers students the opportunity to explore programs that connect with their personal interests. Career and Technology Studies (CTS) courses have common characteristics:
• The emphasis is a “hands on” aspect and project based learning.
• Introductory courses are exploratory and offer wide varieties of experiences.
• There is no prerequisite for a 10 level Introductory course, nor is any prior experience in that area necessary for success. Choose what interests you!
• Courses offer skill development and an awareness of possible career opportunities.
• All CTS courses can be applied toward the 10 required complementary course credits required for their high school diploma.
• Many CTS Courses are accepted courses for admission requirements in post secondary institutions. Five advanced modules from the same stream are required and an average of the modules presented is used in the admissions calculation. As every program has different requirements, please check the program and requirements with the institution you are considering.
Louis St. Laurent offers:
Computer Science 10-20-30
Design Studies 10-20-30
Fashion Technology 10-20-30
Foods Studies 10-20-30
Legal Studies 10-20-30
Photography 10-20-30
Sports Performance 10-20-30
Video 10-20-30
How is CTS different from a core course such as ELA?
The entire CTS program centers around five industry clusters and 28 occupational areas organized into one-credit offerings. CTS is module based. CTS programs award one credit for each module, rather than 3-5 credits for a course as a whole, like a core or Fine Arts course does. Students will be placed in a “holding bin” for attendance, then into three to five different modules which offer one credit each. Students must achieve a grade of 50% or higher per module to earn each credit. There is often an opportunity for motivated students to earn additional credits.
Computing Science
Computing Science
Do you want to be on the leading edge of technology? Do you like solving and building solutions to problems? Perhaps you want to explore the far reaches of the universe building and creating robots. If this sounds like you, then you might be interested in Computer Science. The Computer Science program at Louis St. Laurent will give students the opportunity to apply skills they learn in Math, Science and Language to create solutions to various scenarios using a common programming language, modeling and Robotics. Computer Science 10 students will complete credits in CSE1010 Computer Science 1, CSE1110 Structured Programming 1, CSE1120 Structured Programming 2.
Design Studies
Design Studies
Design is an integral part of our society. Everyone designs every day. From young children that design physical structures to shoe designers to various types of engineers, architects and automobile designers, design shapes our lives. Students planning to enroll in any technical (urban and regional planning, interior design, architectural technology, landscape architecture) or engineering (civil, mechanical, electrical, petroleum) post-secondary program should consider taking Design Studies. Students will be exposed to the principles of design, freehand sketching and modeling, working with CAD software, and designing simple structures. Design Studies is offered at the Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced levels of study.
Fashion Technology
Fashion Technology
Imagine creating your own clothing designs and developing the skills necessary to create garments and home decor! No experience is necessary to register in the introductory level Fashion 10. All Fashion 10 students begin with Sewing Fundamentals as they explore machine sewing and lab safety. Our Fashion Lab is equipped with brand new sewing machines, sergers, and a computerized embroidery machine with design software. At every level students will explore Textile Arts with the creation of multiple projects such as felting, weaving, dying, needle arts and more. Students will have the opportunity to choose projects that are geared to their skill level and personal style. Students may complete projects such as pajama shorts, knit hoodies or sweatshirts, bomber jackets, zippered totes or backpacks and home decor items. All items can be personalized with embroidery or iron-on designs created by the student.
Food Studies
Foods Studies
Our Foods program offers valuable opportunities for students to build on and expand their culinary skills. All students begin with FOD1010 which is the prerequisite for all Foods courses. Students learn safe and sanitary food handling procedures, equipment care, comprehension of recipes and the importance of efficient work habits. Skills levels progress through the course as more complex recipes and techniques are explored. Students will increase their theory knowledge as they develop the necessary skills for success in either the foods industry or a home based kitchen. The Foods Studies courses are among the most popular of all the CTS courses.
Photography
Photography
This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of photographic composition, basic functions of a digital camera, and basic to advanced digital editing in Photoshop. Students will explore different photographic techniques and apply special effects to photographs. Skills connected to both manual and automatic settings on cameras will be developed as well as studio lighting and metering techniques.
Video
This course will provide students experiences in digital video production, audio editing, and the world of media. As video, film and television production is a collaborative field, students will learn to function as members of an integrated production team, including creating a plan and following through to editing. Students acquire basic and advanced skills including planning, recording and editing through the product on simple and full length audio/video projects, including animation, using digital camcorders and microphone.