Courses

We offer many Physical and Health Education courses here at Dr. Denison. Each of the courses are "Open" which means that there are no prerequisites. Having said that however, especially with the fitness courses, it would be to your advantage to have previous courses prior to enrolling. You have access to the curriculum for all of our courses on the Ministy of Education website. The following tables outline how the various courses that we offer build on each other. Please note that we are still dealing with two different curriculum.

Course descriptions follow the table.
Grade Course name Course Type Course Code Prerequisite
10 Healthy Active Living Education Open PPL208/PPL 209 None
11 Healthy Active Living Education Open PPL301 None
11 Health for Life Open PPZ301 None
12 Healthy Active Living Education Open PPL401 None
12 Exercise Science University PSE4U Any Grade 11 university or university/college preparation course in science, or any Grade 11 or 12 open course in health and physical education
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Recreation and Fitness Leadership College PLF4C7 **** Any Grade 11 or 12 open course in health and physical education
12 Recreation and Fitness Leadership/Outdoor Education College PLF4C1 **** Any Grade 11 or 12 open course in health and physical education

**** Only 1 of these courses can be used for credit.

Grade 9 (PPL108- Girls, PPL109 - Boys)

This course is an introduction to highschool Physical and Health Education. Sports covered differ slightly between the two sexes. Health topics in this course include healthy sexuality and drugs and alcohol.

Grade 10 (PPL208- Girls, PPL209)

This course continues on from the grade 9 course. Health topics in this course include

Grade 11 (PPL301)

This is our extremely popular elective course. Students are able to choose from many different activities - some in the school but many outside the school. Many of the activities are fee based but students can control monetary amounts by the electives that they choose. This course is co-ed. The Health unit in this course centres on a review of sexuality and decision making, mental disorders, communication skills and more.

Grade 11 (PPZ301)

This course is a fitness based course with a strong background in theory. Students taking this course must be prepared to centre on their individual fitness through such things as running, cycling and through use of the weight room.