BC Graduation Requirements:
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:
Elective courses may be academic, non-academic, dual-credit, external credit, independent directed studies, etc.
Please note that these requirements are just the minimum to graduate as per the BC Ministry of Education. If you plan on continuing on into post-secondary education following graduation, you must ensure that you meet the entrance requirements for your intended program of study. Please check with your potential post-secondary institution(s) to ensure that you complete the necessary courses required for entrance.
For information about post-secondary requirements, go to Education Planner BC
Resources from the BC Ministry of Education:
BC Graduation Program Policy Guide
Adult Graduation Diploma Program
Graduation Assessments
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) (KSS splits this into Careers 11 & 12)
- 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)
- 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
Elective courses may be academic, non-academic, dual-credit, external credit, independent directed studies, etc.
Please note that these requirements are just the minimum to graduate as per the BC Ministry of Education. If you plan on continuing on into post-secondary education following graduation, you must ensure that you meet the entrance requirements for your intended program of study. Please check with your potential post-secondary institution(s) to ensure that you complete the necessary courses required for entrance.
For information about post-secondary requirements, go to Education Planner BC
Resources from the BC Ministry of Education:
BC Graduation Program Policy Guide
Adult Graduation Diploma Program
Graduation Assessments
