Acceptable Grade 12 Courses from BC and the Yukon

General Requirement: High School Diploma + five Grade 12 academic courses (including required courses for the program you’ve applied to).

  • Courses must be four credits each.
  • AP and IB courses are acceptable, in addition to French immersion equivalents of the courses listed below. 
  • In instances where provincial exams are written, the better of the two grades (in-class vs. final blended grade) is used to determine your admission average.

Grade 12 Courses Approved for Admission Consideration at the University of Guelph

Applied Design, Skills & Technology

Accounting 12

Computer Programming 12

Computer Science 12

E-Commerce 12 (formerly Marketing 12)

Engineering 12

Financial Accounting 12

Arts Education

Art Studio 12 (formerly Art Foundations 12)

Choral Music 12 (formerly Choral Music 12: Concert Choir, Vocal Jazz, Chamber Choir)

Composition & Production 12 (formerly Music: Composition & Technology 12)

Dance Foundations 12

Directing & Script Development 12 (formerly Drama 12: Theatre Performance – Dir & Script

Drama 12 (formerly Drama 12: Theatre Performance – Acting)

Film & Television 12

Graphic Arts 12 (formerly Studio Arts 12: Printmaking & Graphic Design)

Instrumental Music 12 (including: Concert Band, Guitar, Jazz Band & Orchestral Strings)

Media Arts 12 (formerly Visual Arts 12: Media Arts)

Photography 12

Studio Arts 2D (formerly Studio Arts 12: Drawing & Painting)

Studio Arts 3D (formerly Studio Arts 12: Ceramics & Sculpture)

Theatre Company 12

 

Theatre Production 12 (formerly Drama 12: Theatre Prod – Technical Theatre & Theatre Management)

 

English Language Studies & Modern Languages

All Grade 12 non-introductory language courses (including Indigenous languages of Canada)

Composition 12 (formerly Writing 12)

Creative Writing 12 (formerly Writing 12)

English Studies 12 (formerly English 12)

English First Peoples 12

Français langue et culture 12 (formerly Français langue première 12)

Literary Studies 12 (formerly English Literature 12)

 

New Media 12

Spoken Language 12

Mathematics

Calculus 12

Foundations of Mathematics 12

Geometry 12

Pre-Calculus 12

Statistics 12

 

Science

Anatomy & Physiology 12 (formerly Biology 12)

Chemistry 12

Environmental Science 12 (formerly Sustainable Resources 12)

Geology 12

Physics 12 (formerly Applications of Physics 12)

Specialized Science 12

Social Sciences

Asian Studies 12, Genocide Studies 12, 20th Century World History 12 (formerly History 12)

BC First Peoples 12, Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12 (formerly BC First Nations Studies 12)

Comparative Cultures 12, Comparative World Religions 12 (formerly Comparative Civilizations 12)

Economics 12

Economic Theory 12

Human Geography 12, Physical Geography 12, Urban Studies 12 (formerly Geography 12)

Law Studies 12 (formerly Law 12)

Philosophy 12

Psychology 12

Political Studies 12

Social Justice 12