Grade 11 Media Studies

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Course Code: EMS3O

General Information

This is a grade 11 course. This course is an English course, and more information can be found at the English, ESL and Modern Languages department. Prerequisites: ENG2D or similar.

Course Description

This course emphasizes knowledge and skills that will enable students to understand media communication in the twenty-first century and to use media effectively and responsibly. Through analysing the forms and messages of a variety of media works and audience responses to them, and through creating their own media works, students will develop critical thinking skills, aesthetic and ethical judgement, and skills in viewing, representing, listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

This course is an open course, having one set of expectations and being appropriate for all students in a given grade. This course prepares students for more advanced classes in later years, or for a university, college or workplace setting. This course may not reflect a student's post-secondary goals, but are still relevant to everyone regardless of their post-secondary plans.

More Information

For more detailed information on this course, or any other course, please contact student services. You may be able to find more information online at English, ESL and Modern Languages. This information provided on this page may be out of date or inaccurate, as course information may change rapidly as the year progresses.

You can view the full curriculum, including information for this course, at the Ministry of Education's website.

Course choices may vary from year to year due to staffing and student interest. Simply because a course is listed here or has been previously run doesn't necessarily mean that it will run in the future.

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