Academic and Career Entrance

Description

Students work toward a credential equivalent to Grade 12 for entrance to all Ontario Colleges, apprenticeship training, and employment. To receive a full Academic and Career Entrance Certificate, students are required to complete Communications and Core Mathematics, plus two additional courses based on their goals. Individual courses may also be taken separately for credit.

Career Opportunities

Future opportunities may include post-secondary studies, skills training, apprenticeship training, or direct entry opportunities into the job market.

Program Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. interpret information, ideas and styles of a variety of informational texts, media works, and literary pieces;
2. produce unified and effective written work using a range of organizational structures and credible sources of information; 
3. practice oral communication with a focus on reviewing, summarizing, using parallel structure, and sustaining an appropriate tone;
4. produce media using a variety of sources;
5. develop mathematical problem solving strategies that provide the means to arrive at numeric and algebraic solutions in a structured manner;
6. determine the relationship between variables in order to collect, organize, and display data appropriately;
7. use measurement, formulas, and estimation in a variety of applications; 
8. examine the relationship between an equation and its visual representation.

Program Progression

Fall Intake - All Campuses
Winter Intake - All Campuses
Summer Intake - All Campuses

Admission Requirements

This program is for adult learners who are Ontario residents and meet the minimum age requirement of 18 years.

Applicants will be admitted to this program based on program eligibility requirements and the applicant’s academic assessment results. 

Applicants for this program must be able to receive instruction and respond in the English language and may be required to complete the Canadian Language Benchmark Assessment, or another approved English proficiency assessment, to ensure readiness for the program. 

Additional Information

• Hours may vary depending on the student’s initial assessment and their goal. 
• Students can use high school credits to count toward ACE Certificate requirements.
• ACE credit courses are recognized by 24 Ontario colleges and the Apprenticeship Board.

Graduation Requirements

2 Program Courses
2 Program Option Courses

Graduation Eligibility

The passing grade for all courses is 50%. Additionally, a student must attain an overall program average of 70% in order to graduate with an Academic and Career Entrance certificate.

Program Tracking

Plan of Study Grid

Semester 1		Hours
Program Courses
AACE 1000	Academic and Career Entrance Communications	84
AACE 1003	Academic and Career Entrance Core Mathematics	84
Option Courses
Select 2 courses from the available list during registration.		84
Note: Course hours are dependent on the goal path and individual learner plan for each student.
	Hours	252
	Total Hours	252

Course List

Code	Title
Program options may include:
AACE 1001	Academic and Career Entrance Computers
AACE 1002	Academic and Career Entrance Keys to Success
AACE 1004	Academic and Career Entrance Business Mathematics
AACE 1005	Academic and Career Entrance Apprenticeship Mathematics
AACE 1006	Academic and Career Entrance Technical Mathematics
AACE 1007	Academic and Career Entrance Biology
AACE 1008	Academic and Career Entrance Chemistry
AACE 1009	Academic and Career Entrance Physics

Disclaimer: The information in this document is correct at the time of publication. Academic content of programs and courses is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational objectives and employment market needs. 

Program outlines may be subject to change in response to emerging situations, in order to facilitate student achievement of the learning outcomes required for graduation. Components such as courses, progression, coop work terms, placements, internships and other requirements may be delivered differently than published.