Adult Graduation

Adult Graduation Requirements

British Columbia School System Qualifying Courses		College or ABE Program Qualifying Courses
a Language Arts 12* course	4 credit course	or	a provincial or post-secondary level English course
a Mathematics 11 or 12**	AND 4 credit course	or	an advanced or provincial or post-secondary level Mathematics course
	AND EITHER
Option 1 three Grade 12 Ministry-Authorized courses (4 credits) or External (4 credits)	12 credits	or	three additional courses at the provincial or post secondary level
	OR
Option 2 Social Studies 11, Civic Studies 11, or First Nations Studies 12		or	advanced Social Sciences and two provincial or post-secondary level courses
	AND
two grade 12 Ministry-Authorized courses (4 credits each)	8 credits
TOTAL	20 credits		Total: 5 courses

* Please refer to Course Information for the Graduation Program for a list of Required Courses that satisfy the mathematics and language arts requirements for the Adult Graduation Program.

** Changes to mathematics requirements (effective September 2002) for the Credit-Based Graduation Program do not affect the Adult Graduation Program. Therefore, Accounting 11 and 12, and Financial Accounting 12 continues to satisfy the mathematics requirement on the Adult Graduation Program since September 2002

Student Eligibility Requirements

- To be eligible for the Adult Graduation Diploma, a person must be 19 years or older. (A student who is eighteen and has been out of school for at least a year may be admitted to an Adult Program with approval fro the enrolling institution). If a student meets graduation requirements before turning 19 years of age, the school is required to confirm that the school administrator gave the student permission to start the Adult Program early. Please fax a memo confirming permission to the Ministry at (250)356-9460.

- Three courses must be completed through enrolment in a course or through Prior Learning Assessment after enrolling in an Adult Graduation Program. Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is a process that enables people to gain recognition and credit for what they already know and can do. methods of assessing PLA include: portfolio of evidence, projects and assignments, program evaluations, demonstration, oral questioning, and/or course exam challenge.

Course Eligibility and Information

- Board/Authority Authorized (BAA) and Independent Directed Studies (IDS) courses do not count toward the minimum five courses required in the Adult Graduation Program.

- Only one WEX 12A (Ministry-Authorized Work Experience) or SSA 12A (Secondary School Apprenticeship) is eligible for the Adult Graduation Program.

- All provincial exams are optional in the Adult Graduation Program. This is program-specific, not adult-specific. Therefore, adults working on the regular graduation program will still need to write any required provincial exams attached to courses they are taking. Schools should inform adult students that many post-secondary institutions require provincial examination marks for admission purposes.

- Any four-credit course authorized by the Ministry of Education or Ministry of Advanced Education as a requirement for graduation may be used toward the British Columbia Adult Graduation Diploma.

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