GRADE 10 COURSE

GLC2O

Career Studies

This Grade 10 Career Studies course helps students develop the skills, knowledge and habits needed for education and career/life planning. Students explore their interests, values and strengths, research pathways and postsecondary destinations, and develop financial-literacy skills.

0.5 Credit

Open

55 hours of planned learning

Challenging Today. More Opportunities Tomorrow.

Grade

Credit

0.5

Delivery

Online

Prerequisite

None

About This Course

What You'll Learn

Identify personal interests, values, strengths, needs and transferable skills.
Develop resilience, stress-management strategies and habits that support school/life/work balance.
Research local and global work trends, workers' rights and responsibilities, and changing skill needs.
Explore apprenticeship, college, community living, university and workplace destinations.
Use decision-making strategies, goal setting and an Individual Pathways Plan to support future choices.
Develop financial-literacy skills through saving, borrowing, financial services, budgeting and transition planning.

Skills You'll Develop

Self-assessment and personal profile development
Career and labour-market research
Decision-making, goal setting and transition planning
Résumé, application-material and digital-portfolio development
Budgeting, financial decision-making and financial literacy

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate skills, strategies and habits that support educational and career/life success and healthy balance.
Apply decision-making strategies and document a goal-setting process.
Research work trends, workers' rights and responsibilities, and the importance of transferable skills.
Develop a personal profile based on interests, values, skills, strengths and needs.
Identify postsecondary destinations and investigate secondary-school pathways that lead to them.
Develop a plan for the first postsecondary year and prepare materials that communicate strengths and aspirations.
Demonstrate responsible financial management and prepare a budget for the first year after secondary school.

Course Units

The following reflects the school’s planned organization of the course. Approximate time allocations may be adjusted while all curriculum expectations and required planned learning are maintained.

Unit	Title / Major Learning Focus	Approx. Time
1	Knowing Yourself: resilience, stress management, support networks, interests, values, strengths, needs, transferable skills and personal profile	14 hours
2	Exploring Opportunities: work trends, workers' rights, digital identity, networking, pathways and postsecondary destinations	14 hours
3	Making Decisions and Setting Goals: decision-making, goal setting, IPP development and application materials	13 hours
4	Achieving Goals and Making Transitions: financial responsibility, saving, borrowing, financial services, budgeting and transition planning	12 hours
Final	Mandatory evaluation and course consolidation (includes Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement where applicable)	2 hours

Assessment

Assessment uses evidence gathered over time from student work, conversations and observations. The final grade for 2026–2027 is determined as follows:

Component	Weight	How It Is Determined
Course work throughout the course	65%	Course-work evaluations conducted throughout the course, reflecting the student's most consistent achievement with special consideration for more recent evidence.
Mandatory evaluation component	20%	For students subject to the Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement: 5% Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement + 15% culminating task. For other students: 20% culminating task.
Attendance and participation	15%	Based on the full body of evidence of meaningful engagement and participation.

Examples of Assessment Evidence

Assessment may include personal-profile and pathway research, career/labour-market inquiry, résumé and application materials, presentations, financial plans, portfolios, self-assessments and final evaluations.

Pathways

Pathway planning is a central focus of GLC2O. Students explore apprenticeship training, college, community living, university and the workplace. The course develops career-planning, financial-literacy, self-assessment, decision-making and communication skills applicable to all postsecondary destinations and life paths.

The course also develops transferable skills that can be applied in other subjects, postsecondary learning, community contexts and future employment.

Teacher Support

Students learn through the school's secure online learning environment and receive ongoing support from qualified teachers.
Teacher-supported conferencing, tutorials and scheduled live support are available as appropriate.
Teachers provide explicit instruction and guided practice in education and career/life planning processes.
Students receive guidance with personal reflection, Individual Pathways Plan development, labour-market research and pathway research.
Support includes résumé and application-material creation, digital portfolio development and financial-literacy/budgeting activities.
Career interviews, virtual guest speakers, community or workplace connections, differentiated instruction and accessible/scaffolded supports are used as appropriate.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the course code?

GLC2O — Career Studies, Grade 10, Open.

How many credits is GLC2O?

The course is worth 0.5 Ontario secondary school credit.

How long is the course?

The course includes at least 55 hours of planned learning.

Is there a prerequisite?

No. There is no prerequisite or co-requisite.

What pathways are explored?

Students explore apprenticeship training, college, community living, university and the workplace.

How is the final grade calculated?

65% course work, 20% mandatory evaluation component, and 15% attendance and participation.

What is the Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement in this course?

For students subject to the requirement, the course outline assigns 5% of the final grade to the Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement and 15% to the culminating task, totalling the 20% mandatory evaluation component.

Ready to Take This Course?

$549 / Credit

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