Adult Graduation Program
To graduate, adult students must earn at least twenty credits from a minimum of five courses, worth four credits each including:
- an English (Language Arts) at the grade 12 or Provincial level
- a Mathematics course at the grade 11* or Advanced* or higher level
- either three other courses at the grade 12 or Provincial level or higher
or two other courses at the grade 12 or Provincial level or higher and Social Studies at the grade 11 or Advanced level
More details about the program:
- Grade 11 and grade 12 refer to courses offered in the British Columbia school system while Advanced and Provincial Levels refer to courses offered in the College ABE System.
- To be eligible for the Adult Graduation Diploma, a person must be 19 years of age or older, or 18 years old and out of school for at least a year, with approval from the enrolling institution.
- Three courses must be taken as an adult.
- A prior learning assessment may be used to meet any of the requirements for the Adult Graduation Diploma. A prior learning assessment involves a variety of techniques including equivalency reviews, challenge processes, in-depth interviews, exemption processes, etc.
- Students in both the College ABE and secondary graduation programs will have the option of writing the provincial exams for all provincially examinable courses.
- Approved courses in either the Ministry of Education or in the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training, and Technology may be used towards the Adult Graduation Diploma.
