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Who should take CGG3O online?
CGG3O supports more than one pathway. Whether you are heading to university, college, an apprenticeship or the skilled trades, or straight into the workplace, this credit counts toward your OSSD.
- Students interested in travel, hospitality and tourism who want a geography credit
- Students heading to college programs or careers in tourism, hospitality, travel services and event management
- Students who need an additional Canadian and world studies credit toward the OSSD
- Students who want an open level Grade 11 course that fits around a busy timetable
- Students catching up on credits who want to explore world regions and cultures
- Student-athletes, mature students and international students who need a flexible schedule
What you will learn
- Geographic inquiry and spatial technologies: Use geographic thinking, the inquiry process and spatial technologies to investigate travel and tourism.
- World tourism regions: Investigate the environmental, sociocultural, economic and political characteristics of selected world regions.
- Travel patterns and trends: Explore why people travel, where they go and how travel patterns are changing.
- Impacts of tourism: Assess how the travel industry affects natural environments and human communities, including tensions tourism can create.
- The future of tourism: Predict future tourism destinations and consider how the industry can develop responsibly.
Official Ontario course description
Travel and Tourism: A Geographic Perspective, Grade 11, Open (CGG3O)
This course focuses on issues related to travel and tourism within and between various regions of the world. Students will investigate unique environmental, sociocultural, economic, and political characteristics of selected world regions. They will explore travel patterns and trends as well as tensions related to tourism, and will predict future tourism destinations. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including spatial technologies, to investigate the impact of the travel industry on natural environments and human communities.
Prerequisite: Issues in Canadian Geography, Grade 9, Academic or Applied, or Exploring Canadian Geography, Grade 9, de-streamed
Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, Curriculum and Resources.
How the online course works
- Register online and receive access to your course in Google Classroom.
- Learn at your pace with lessons and assignments. Your teacher returns feedback and grades, usually within 3 to 5 business days.
- Complete your assessments as you finish each unit, with support from your teacher along the way.
- Receive your credit. We send your final mark to your home school and submit it to OUAC or OCAS.
Need it sooner? Add Fast Track for priority grading when you have an application deadline.
CGG3O frequently asked questions
What is the prerequisite for CGG3O?
The Ontario prerequisite for CGG3O is Grade 9 geography: CGC1W Exploring Canadian Geography, De-streamed, or CGC1D or CGC1P Issues in Canadian Geography, Academic or Applied.
Is CGG3O a university or college course?
CGG3O is an Open course, which means it is designed to be appropriate for all students regardless of their post-secondary plans.
What will I study in CGG3O?
You will study world regions, travel patterns and trends, and the effects of tourism on environments and communities, and you will predict future tourism destinations.
How long does CGG3O take online?
The course has 110 hours of lessons. You have 4 months from enrollment, and extensions are available up to 12 months in total. Many students finish sooner because the course is self-paced.
Will my CGG3O mark be accepted?
Yes. Aubrey Academy is Ministry-inspected, and we submit your final grade directly to OUAC or OCAS and send your report card to your home school.
I already took CGG3O. Can I raise my mark?
Yes. Our Mark Upgrade option builds on the work you already completed instead of retaking the full course.