{"id":231,"date":"2020-06-08T21:19:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T21:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2024-02-21T21:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T21:36:20","slug":"program-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/about\/program-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This table presents the pathways that students take through the Odyssey Program.\u00a0 \u00a0Grade 8 and 9 students remain in their designated cohort courses together.\u00a0 Grade 10 to 12 students will be selecting their own courses and therefore, each student will form their own path.\u00a0 Courses may vary due to enrollment.\u00a0 In the senior grades, Odyssey students will be given the opportunity to pursue university credit through AP classes.\u00a0 Below is a chart that displays the many different pathways Odyssey students may take.<\/p>\n<p>Students should consult their teachers and counselors for guidance.\u00a0 The Course Planning Guide provides an overview of DT&#8217;s offered courses and their descriptions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vsb.bc.ca\/david-thompson\/page\/1194\/course-planning\">Course Planning Guide<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/files\/2024\/02\/course-pathway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/files\/2024\/02\/course-pathway.jpg 840w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/files\/2024\/02\/course-pathway-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/files\/2024\/02\/course-pathway-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Other AP courses:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AP Chinese Language and Culture<\/li>\n<li>AP Macroeconomics<\/li>\n<li>AP Microeconomics<\/li>\n<li>AP Statistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Courses offered are based on student enrollment (courses will vary).<\/p>\n<p>Advanced Placement Course questions can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:dtap@vsb.bc.ca\">dtap@vsb.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Community Service\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Students in grades 8 and 9 are encouraged to fulfill a minimum of 20 hours of community service at each grade level.\u00a0 The students are encouraged to find a suitable placement that will help them develop a sense of social responsibility and to gain some working experience in the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This table presents the pathways that students take through the Odyssey Program.\u00a0 \u00a0Grade 8 and 9 students remain in their designated cohort courses together.\u00a0 Grade 10 to 12 students will be selecting their own courses and therefore, each student will form their own path.\u00a0 Courses may vary due to enrollment.\u00a0 In the senior grades, Odyssey &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/about\/program-courses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Program Courses&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":226,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions\/1900"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompson-odyssey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}