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British Columbia publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In British Columbia, that's Pre-calculus 11 — 4 units, 19 skills.
Real Numbers, Powers & Radicals
- Classifying real numbers
- Simplifying radicals and ordering irrationals
- Factoring: extended cases
Quadratic Functions & Equations
- Characteristics of quadratic graphs
- Solving inequalities with sign analysis
Trigonometry: Non-Right Triangles & Standard Position
- The sine law and the ambiguous case
Financial Literacy: Compound Interest, Investments & Loans
- Compound interest
See the full Pre-calculus 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In British Columbia, that's Foundations of Mathematics 11 — 5 units, 14 skills.
Mathematical Reasoning
- Inductive reasoning, conjectures, and counter-examples
Angle Relationships & Scale Models
- Angles with parallel lines
- Enlargements, reductions, and similar objects
Graphical Analysis with Technology
- Solution regions of linear inequalities
- Analyzing quadratic function graphs
See the full Foundations of Mathematics 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In British Columbia, that's Workplace Mathematics 11 — 5 units, 10 skills.
Financial Literacy: Investments, Loans & Budgeting
- Personal investments and savings growth
Probability & Statistics in Context
- Probability in games of chance and insurance
Interpreting Graphs in Society
- Investigating graphs in the media
3-D Objects: Angles, Views & Scale Diagrams
- Views, exploded and perspective diagrams
See the full Workplace Mathematics 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In British Columbia, that's New Media 11 — 5 units, 45 skills.
New Media Forms & Genres
- Form of a multimedia text — the shape it takes
- Function of a multimedia text — its intended purpose
- Genre of a multimedia text — literary and thematic categories
Reading & Comprehending Multimodal Texts
- Narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
- The role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in First Peoples texts
- Reading strategies — predicting, inferring, questioning
Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy
- Evaluating the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of digital sources
- Recognizing the complexities of digital citizenship
- Thinking critically, creatively, and reflectively about texts
Creating & Presenting Digital/Multimedia Texts
- Oral language strategies
- Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in formal and informal contexts
- Writing processes
See the full New Media 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In British Columbia, that's Literary Studies 11 — 4 units, 30 skills.
Reading & Comprehension
- Narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
- Protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
- The role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in First Peoples texts
Critical Reading
- Evaluating the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of a source
- Thinking critically and creatively about ideas within, between, and beyond texts
- Recognizing contexts, values, and perspectives in a literary text
Literary Analysis
- Form, function, and genre of literary texts
- Elements of visual and graphic texts
- Elements of style — diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, tone
Composing & Responding
- Oral language strategies for discussing literature
- Formal speaking and listening — delivery, presentation, debate — for a range of purposes
- Writing processes — from gathering ideas to editing
See the full Literary Studies 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In British Columbia, that's Composition 11 — 5 units, 26 skills.
Reading as a Writer
- Narrative structures in First Peoples texts
- Protocols for the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
- The role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in First Peoples texts
The Writing Process
- Oral language strategies for sharing and workshopping writing
- Metacognitive strategies — reflecting on your writing process
- Writing processes — drafting, revising, and editing
Composition Forms
- Form, function, and genre of composition texts
- How the form and structure of a composition shape meaning
- Transforming ideas into original texts across genres and forms
Style, Voice & Craft
- Language features that shape a composition
- Literary elements and devices, including figurative language, in your own writing
- Usage — avoiding double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, word misuse
Argument, Evidence & Citation
- Evaluating source reliability and the credibility of evidence
- Building an argument — expressing and supporting an opinion with evidence
- Citation techniques for acknowledging sources
See the full Composition 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In British Columbia, that's Biology 11 — 4 units, 26 skills.
Life at the Molecular & Cellular Level
- The levels of biological organization
- Cell structure and function
- Sexual reproduction and meiosis
Evolution at the Population Level
- Adaptation to changing environments and changes in DNA
- Speciation mechanisms
- Artificial selection and genetic modifications
Grouping & Classifying Organisms
- Single-celled and multi-celled organisms
- Trends in complexity among various life forms
- Evidence for phylogenetic relationships
Lab Numeracy: Accuracy and Precision
- Significant figures and rounding rules in biological measurements
- Measurement uncertainty and accuracy vs. precision
- Scientific notation for very large and very small biological quantities
See the full Biology 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In British Columbia, that's Chemistry 11 — 6 units, 24 skills.
Atoms, Bonding & the Building Blocks of Matter
- Quantum mechanical model and electron configuration
- Molecular geometry and VSEPR theory
- Valence electrons and Lewis structures
Organic Chemistry & Its Applications
- Organic compounds
- Applications of organic chemistry
The Mole & Dimensional Analysis
- The mole and Avogadro's number
- Dimensional analysis and the factor-label method
Reactions & Conservation of Matter and Energy
- Predicting products and reactants of reactions
- Energy changes and enthalpy in reactions
- Mass-mass stoichiometry
Solubility & Solution Chemistry
- Solubility of molecular and ionic compounds
- Molarity and solution concentration
- Dilution of solutions
Lab Numeracy: Accuracy and Precision
- Significant figures and rounding rules
- Measurement uncertainty and scientific notation
See the full Chemistry 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In British Columbia, that's Physics 11 — 5 units, 31 skills.
Kinematics: Describing Motion
- Vectors and scalars: graphical addition and subtraction
- Vector components with right-angle trigonometry
- Horizontal uniform and accelerated motion
Forces & Newton's Laws
- Contact forces and their factors
- Mass, force of gravity, and apparent weight
- Newton's First Law: inertia and equilibrium
Energy, Work, Power & Circuits
- Conservation of energy and the work-energy principle
- Power and efficiency
- Simple machines and mechanical advantage
Mechanical Waves & Sound
- Generation and propagation of waves
- Properties of waves versus properties of the medium
- Wave behaviours: reflection, refraction, transmission, diffraction
Lab Numeracy: Accuracy and Precision
- Significant figures and rounding rules
- Measurement uncertainty and scientific notation
See the full Physics 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In British Columbia, that's Earth Science 11 — 6 units, 33 skills.
Earth Materials & the Rock Cycle
- Minerals and their identification
- Surface and internal processes of the rock cycle
- Economic and environmental implications of geologic resources
Plate Tectonics
- Evidence for plate tectonic theory
- Factors that affect plate motion
- First Peoples knowledge of plate tectonic settings
The Atmosphere, Weather & Climate
- The hydrologic cycle
- Changes in the composition of the atmosphere
- Weather as the interaction of water, air, and energy transfer
Water & the Oceans
- Water as a unique resource
- First Peoples knowledge of water resources
- Properties of the ocean and the ocean floor
Earth & Its Solar System
- The nebular hypothesis and solar system formation
- Earth as a unique planet
- Stellar classification, magnitude and brightness
Lab Numeracy: Accuracy and Precision
- Significant figures and rounding rules
- Measurement uncertainty and scientific notation
See the full Earth Science 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In British Columbia, that's Core French 11 — 4 units, 30 skills.
Listening and Viewing With Intent
- Interpreting a wide variety of authentic French texts
- Communication strategies (paraphrase, cognates, reference tools)
- Recognizing text types and formats (letter vs. email message)
The Communicative Context Determines Expression
- The passé composé — completed past actions
- L'imparfait — ongoing and habitual past
- Passé composé vs. imparfait — choosing past aspect
Language and Culture Are Interconnected
- Fixed expressions with avoir, faire, être
- First Peoples–Francophone interactions: Michif, Chinook Jargon, Innu writers
Exploring Diverse Forms of Cultural Expression
- Ethics of cultural appropriation
See the full Core French 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 11 in British Columbia?
British Columbia's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 11 — 310 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers real numbers, powers & radicals and quadratic functions & equations; Mathematics covers mathematical reasoning and angle relationships & scale models; Mathematics covers financial literacy: investments, loans & budgeting and rate of change. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official British Columbia curriculum?
It's built from British Columbia's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
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Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In British Columbia, that's Explorations in Social Studies 11 — 15 units, 22 skills.
Politics in the Media
- Explore: politics in the media
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Genocide — Recognition and Response
- Explore: recognizing & responding to genocide
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Philosophy — Existence, Reality, and Knowledge
- Explore: existence & reality
- Explore: the nature of knowledge & reality
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Natural Resource Use and Development
- Explore: natural resource use & development
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Colonialism and Contemporary Indigenous Issues
- Explore: colonialism & contemporary Indigenous issues
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Methods to Promote Social Justice
- Explore: methods to promote social justice
+ 1 more skill in this unit →20th-Century Innovations and Developments
Economic Development in Asia
Power and Governance in Global Cultures
Diversity of B.C. First Peoples
Rights of Individuals in Canada
Mapping Natural and Human-Made Phenomena
Sacred Texts and Narratives of Cultures
Theories of Money and Investment
Global Issues in Urbanization
See the full Explorations in Social Studies 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →