As of May/98

The Graduation Requirements as prescribed by the Ministry of Education for British Columbia




In order to graduate a student must successfully complete the following subjects:


52 credits (13 courses) at the grade 11 and 12 levels

16 credits (4 courses) of these 52 credits must be at the grade 12 level

4 credits (1 course) of the 16 credits at the grade 12 level must be English 12 or Communications 12 (Please note in order to obtain direct entry into a post-secondary program, college or university, English 12 not Communications 12, must be taken. However, Communications 12 is acceptable for graduation from high school).

The other 12 credits (3 courses) at the grade 12 level may be in any other subject area i.e. Chemistry 12, Physical Education 12, History 12, Art 12 etc. (Please note that while any grade 12 subjects allow your child to graduate from high school and gain admission to most colleges, in order to gain direct entry into university, your child must take four academic subjects. These subjects vary according to particular program requirements and depend on the particular university that is chosen. A safe rule of thumb to follow is that academic subjects usually require a provincial exam to be written. Exceptions are Information Management 12 and Comparative Civilizations 12).

The remaining 36 credits or 9 courses can be at the grade 11 or 12 level but must include:

- CAPP 11 and CAPP 12 together are equivalent to 4 credits (1 course)

- English 11 or Communications 11- 4 credits (1 course)

- Social Studies 11 or First Nations 12 - 4 credits (1 course)

- Principles of Mathematics 11 (necessary to obtain direct entry into university) OR

Introduction to Mathematics 11, Mathematics 11A, or Accounting 11 (the latter three will enable the student to graduate from high school and proceed to post-secondary school with some upgrading) - 4 credits (1 course)

- Grade 11 Science - 4 credits (1 course)

- Grade 11 fine arts course (2 credits or 1/2 course) - band, art, drama etc.

- Grade 11 applied course (2 credits or 1/2 course) - construction, drafting, journalism, applied art, human services, marketing, info managment etc.

The remaining 12 credits or three courses can be in any subject area

Note: Information Management can be used as a science or applied skill but not both

Accounting can be used as a math or an applied skill but not both

Adult Dogwood: four grade 12s (one must be Eng 12 or Comm. 12) and three grade 11s (one must be SS11 or FNS12 and one must be a math)

Please note that CAPP 12, the Career and Personal Planning course, requires a 30 hour work experience and a “Student Learning Plan.” The Student Learning Plan will be an assignment that will require the student to outline his/her career goals after high school. This plan requires a student, parental or guardian signature, as well as the principal’s and a counsellor’s signature, to be complete.

Please note that for graduation, of the 13 courses, only two can be locally developed. Courses that are locally developed begin with ‘LD.’ For example, LD Peer Tutoring is a locally developed course.

Also, it is important to ensure that a student understand the ramifications of withdrawing or not completing a Career Prep. Program. Some of the Career Prep. courses may have been designated Career Prep., or ‘CP,’ i.e. CP Hospitality. Upon withdrawing from a Career Prep. program, courses designated CP would change into ‘LD’ or locally developed courses as a result. Once again, a student cannot have more than two ‘LD’ courses.