This skills-based Grade 10 level course ladders into academic Grade 11 English, GED or health science prep courses. Students develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, sentence structure, writing skills and critical thinking. Students read a variety of genres including current event articles, academic essays, issue related fiction and respond to the reading to develop paragraph writing skills. Students develop the academic language to understand, discuss and edit writing through intensive grammar workshops.

Communications for Health Sciences is designed to prepare students for success in the following health science programs: Practical Nursing, Health Unit Coordinator, Dental Assisting, Pharmacy Technician, Occupational/Physical Therapist Assistant, Medical Lab Assistant, Medical Office Assistant, and Medical Device Reprocessing Technician. Students who complete this course will meet the Language Proficiency Requirements to enter any of these programs. After completing individualized assignments, students will meet the Grade 12 English equivalent. Receiving departments have agreed to accept CCA statements of success in lieu of retaking the required ABE assessments.