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Who should take CIE3M online?
CIE3M supports more than one pathway. Whether you are heading to university, college, an apprenticeship or the skilled trades, straight into the workplace, or starting your own business, this credit counts toward your OSSD.
- Students planning to study business, economics, commerce or public policy after high school
- Students heading to college business programs or the workplace who want to understand wages, markets and how economic decisions affect them
- Aspiring entrepreneurs who want to understand how firms, workers, consumers and government interact in the Canadian economy
- Students preparing for CIA4U Analysing Current Economic Issues in Grade 12
- Students who need a Grade 11 Canadian and world studies credit toward the OSSD
- Students who want to understand personal finance, work and consumer decisions in the Canadian economy
- Student-athletes, mature students and international students who need a flexible schedule
What you will learn
- Economic thinking and inquiry: Apply economic thinking, the economic inquiry process and economic models to investigate economic questions.
- Scarcity and choice: Examine how individuals, firms and governments make decisions with limited resources.
- Firms, workers and markets: Explore the economic roles of firms and workers and how markets set prices and wages.
- The role of government: Investigate how government responds to economic issues and how its decisions affect stability and change.
- Individuals and the Canadian economy: Analyze your own role as a consumer and contributor and the impact of economic decisions at the individual, regional and national level.
Official Ontario course description
The Individual and the Economy, Grade 11, University/College (CIE3M)
This course explores issues and challenges facing the Canadian economy as well as the implications of various responses to them. Students will explore the economic role of firms, workers, and government as well as their own role as individual consumers and contributors, and how all of these roles affect stability and change in the Canadian economy. Students will apply the concepts of economic thinking and the economic inquiry process, including economic models, to investigate the impact of economic issues and decisions at the individual, regional, and national level.
Prerequisite: Canadian History since World War I, Grade 10, Academic or Applied
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.
CIE3M frequently asked questions
What is the prerequisite for CIE3M?
The Ontario prerequisite for CIE3M is Grade 10 Canadian History since World War I, either CHC2D Academic or CHC2P Applied.
What can I take after CIE3M?
CIE3M is a university/college preparation course in Canadian and world studies, so it meets the prerequisite for Grade 12 courses such as CIA4U Analysing Current Economic Issues.
Is CIE3M useful for business programs?
Many business, commerce and economics programs value a background in economics. Check the admission requirements for each program you are applying to.
How long does CIE3M 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 CIE3M 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 CIE3M. Can I raise my mark?
Yes. Our Mark Upgrade option builds on the work you already completed instead of retaking the full course.