Dogwood Diploma Program

This program leads to the British Columbia Certificate of Graduation, known as the Dogwood Diploma, and is certified by the BC Ministry of Education to the province's graduation requirements. It covers grades 10 through 12 and requires completion of 80 credits in total, including a minimum number of Grade 12-level credits with mandatory Grade 12 Language Arts, a minimum number of elective credits, and credits drawn from mandated subject areas such as career and life education, physical and health education, science, social studies, mathematics, language arts, arts education, and Indigenous-focused coursework. Students must also pass provincial literacy and numeracy graduation assessments. Students arriving with previously completed equivalent high school credits can have them transferred toward the total, reducing the coursework still required. The program suits students completing British Columbia high school graduation requirements at Coquitlam College with the goal of proceeding to university admission in Canada.