Students must earn a minimum of 80 credits in order to graduate. Schools are responsible for recording all course credits and for reporting that information to the Ministry for transcript production at the end of Grades 10, 11, and 12.
Students must complete 48 credits of appropriate required courses. A list of all courses that may be used to satisfy this requirement is found in the Course Information Book.
Students must complete 4 credits for Graduation Transitions. The standards for evaluating students and guidelines for reporting are contained in the Graduation Transitions program guide.
Students must complete a minimum of 28 elective credits. These 28 credits must be from Ministry-authorized or BAA or post-secondary courses or external credentials, but not Locally Developed courses.
Students must complete a minimum of 16 credits at the Grade 12 level, 12 credits in addition to a required Language Arts 12 course. These twelve Grade 12 credits may be for required courses, electives, Independent Directed Study, or External Credentials or dual credit for post-secondary institutions (see the Earning Credit through Equivalency, Challenge, External Credentials, Post-Secondary Credit and Independent Directed Studies policy for additional information).
Information about options for satisfying the requirements for Fine Arts and/or Applied Skills (4 credits) is found in the Fine Arts and Applied Skills Requirements in the Graduation Program Policy and in the appropriate Handbook of Procedures for the 2004 Graduation Program.
Once the credits for required courses have been met, additional courses in that subject area count as elective credits. |
