
Dogwood Diploma – at a glance
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.
52 credits (13 courses) are required (i.e. prescribed) by the Ministry of Education.
- Career-Life Education10 (4 credits)
- Career-Life Connections 12 (4 credits)
- Physical and Health Education 10 (4 credits)
- Science 10 (4 credits)
- Science 11 or 12 (4 credits)
- Social Studies 10 (4 credits)
- Social Studies 11 or 12 (4 credits)
- a Math 10 (4 credits)
- a Math 11 or 12 (4 credits)
- a Language Arts 10 (4 credits total)
- a Language Arts 11 (4 credits total)
- a Language Arts 12 (4 credits total)
- an Arts Education 10, 11, or 12 and/or an Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits total)
At least 28 credits (7 courses) must be elective course credits
- any other course(s) not indicated above is `considered` an elective
At least 16 credits (4 courses) must be at the Grade 12 level, AND it must include
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- Language Arts 12 (English First Peoples 12 or English Studies 12 (4 credits)
- Career Life Connections & Capstone project (4 credits)
At least 4 credits (1 course) must be an Indigenous-Focused course
In addition, students must also complete 3 graduation assessments:
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- The Grade 10 Numeracy
- The Grade 10 Literacy
- The Grade 12 Literacy
Source: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/graduation