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Who should take CGW4C online?
CGW4C 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 planning to apply to college programs in environmental, social or community studies
- Students heading to college programs, apprenticeships or the workplace who want to understand resource, environmental and population issues
- Students who need a Grade 12 college preparation credit toward the OSSD
- Students interested in food, water and energy issues, urbanization and population growth
- Graduates and mature students adding a Grade 12 credit
- Student-athletes 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 support investigations of world issues.
- Food, water and energy: Investigate unequal access to food, water and energy around the world.
- Population and urbanization: Examine population growth, urbanization and the challenge of meeting human needs.
- Globalization: Explore how globalization connects Canada with the rest of the world.
- Sustainability: Analyze ways to meet human needs while protecting the natural environment.
Official Ontario course description
World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, Grade 12, College (CGW4C)
This course explores the many difficult challenges facing Canada and the world today – challenges such as unequal access to food, water, and energy; urbanization; globalization; and meeting the needs of a growing world population while ensuring the sustainability of the natural environment. Students will explore these and other world issues from environmental, social, economic, and political perspectives, while applying the concepts of geographic thinking, the geographic inquiry process, and spatial technologies to guide and support their investigations.
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 OCAS.
Need it sooner? Add Fast Track for priority grading when you have an application deadline.
CGW4C frequently asked questions
What is the prerequisite for CGW4C?
The Ontario prerequisite for CGW4C is Grade 9 geography: CGC1W Exploring Canadian Geography, De-streamed, or CGC1D or CGC1P Issues in Canadian Geography, Academic or Applied.
What is the difference between CGW4C and CGW4U?
CGW4C is a college preparation course with a Grade 9 geography prerequisite. CGW4U is a university preparation course with a different prerequisite.
What perspectives does CGW4C use?
CGW4C examines world issues from environmental, social, economic and political perspectives.
How long does CGW4C 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 CGW4C mark be accepted?
Yes. Aubrey Academy is Ministry-inspected, and we submit your final grade directly to OCAS and send your report card to your home school.
I already took CGW4C. Can I raise my mark?
Yes. Our Mark Upgrade option builds on the work you already completed instead of retaking the full course.