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,
  Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits total)
• In addition, students must also complete three 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