Transfer Courses

The Ontario curriculum comprises different types of secondary school courses that provide  students not only with the essential knowledge and skills they will need in their post-secondary  endeavours, but also with the opportunity to specialize in areas that are related to their particular  post-secondary goals. In Grades 9 and 10, four types of courses are offered: academic
courses, applied courses, open courses, and locally developed courses. In Grades 11 and 12, courses offered to prepare students for their post-secondary destinations include university preparation courses, university/college preparation courses, college preparation courses, workplace preparation courses, and open courses.

    Transfer courses are made available in Grades 10 and 11 to offer students a means of transferring from one type of course in a particular subject to another if their interests and post-secondary goals change during secondary school. Prerequisites for Grade 11 and 12 courses are specified in the curriculum policy documents for the various disciplines. A student who has completed a course of one type in a particular subject and grade that does not meet a stated prerequisite for a course in the same subject in the next grade may take a transfer course – that is, a partial-credit course that bridges the gap between the course completed and the course of the type designated as a prerequisite. Transfer courses enable students to achieve the expectations not covered in one course type but required for entry into a course of a different type in the next grade.