Description: This exciting course is a partnership between Oak Bay Secondary (SD #61) and Camosun College. The purpose of this course is for students to gain post-secondary credits and experience while still in high school. 

This particular course is a combination of Oak Bay’s Chemistry 12 and Camosun College’s General College Chemistry 2 Chem 121. For the 2024/25 school year, the two courses will be run within the Oak Bay timetable like any other class:
 This course will be team-taught with an instructor from Camosun College and a teacher from Oak Bay within one block of the timetable. Students will complete the content for Chemistry 12 which includes: Reaction Rates, Dynamic Equilibrium, Solution Chemistry, Acid and Base chemistry, and Electrochemistry. Various extensions of topics include concepts in organic chemistry including drawing structures for simple organic compounds and stereoisomers, naming stereoisomers, applying the laws of thermodynamics and accounting for factors that lead to spontaneous physical and chemical changes.  Students will not be responsible for purchasing the textbook. 

A Camosun instructor will present 42 hours of lecture material during class time, deliver laboratory sessions and assess student work. Students may be required to travel to Camosun (Lansdowne Campus, Fisher Building) once per week, the first half of the school year for approximately 6-8 labs. An Oak Bay teacher will provide support for the Chemistry 121 curriculum, assignments, and labs. 

 Chem 121 is a dual credit course. Students will receive 8 high school credits and 4 college/university credits.  

The Chem 121 credits are transferable to UVic, UBC, SFU, VIU, UNBC, and most other B.C. colleges and Canadian Universities.  Check BC Transfer Guide website to see specifically what equivalent Chem 121 transfers to at the institution you are applying for.   These 12 credits can be earned in the same length of time it takes to take a traditional 4 credit course at Oak Bay. Also, other than a small registration fee, the Camosun credits come at NO CHARGE! Camosun Tuition Fee: None; requires a Camosun College Application Fee; (2019 application fee was $42.00). International students have a course fee of $500.  Students will not be responsible for purchasing a textbook.  

 There is an application process.   NOTE: Students who wish to register for a dual credit course will need to meet with a Careers advisor for the application package, and will need to meet with an Academic Counselor to ensure their career choice aligns with the dual credit course transition pathway. Documentation will need to be provided in the application outlining that the dual credit course is required for the career that student wishes to pursue.