B.C. Certificate of Graduation

The B.C. Certificate of Graduation or "Dogwood Diploma" is awarded to students who successfully complete the provincial graduation requirements. Students require a minimum of 80 credits to graduate.

Of these 80 credits:

At least 16 credits must be at the Grade 12 level, including a required Language Arts 12 and Career Life Connections
At least 28 credits must be elective course credits

52 credits are required from the following:

Career-Life Education (4 credits), and Career-Life Connections (4 credits)
Physical and Health Education 10 (4 credits)
Science 10 (4 credits), and a Science 11 or 12 (4 credits)
Social Studies 10 (4 credits), and a Social Studies 11 or 12 (4 credits)
A Math 10 (4 credits), and a Math 11 or 12 (4 credits)
A Language Arts 10, 11 and a required 12 (12 credits total)
An Arts Education 10, 11, or 12 and/or an Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits total)
Indigenous-focused (4 credits)

In addition, students must also complete three new graduation assessments:

The Grade 10 Numeracy Assessment was introduced in 2018
The Grade 10 Literacy Assessment was introduced in 2019/20
The Grade 12 Literacy Assessment will be introduced in 2021/22

For 2019/20 and beyond, the following career education courses will be used in all BC schools:

Career Life Education

Career Life Connections.