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Adult Basic Education - General Upgrading

Faculty of Education, Health & Human Development School of Access & Academic Preparation

Credential
Stand Alone Courses

Program Highlights

If you're an adult learner looking to apply to post-secondary institutions or a high school student needing to improve your marks, the Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses at CapU are a great place to start to get into your select university program.

ABE courses are tuition-free for Canadian citizens and permanent residents and are available full-time or part-time, through online learning or in a classroom.

The department offers prerequisites in math, English, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and history courses.

This Adult Education program can help you:

  • successfully complete your high school diploma courses and achieve your BC Adult Graduation Diploma (Adult Dogwood);
  • improve your marks in Grade 11 or Grade 12 courses needed as prerequisites for post-secondary studies;
  • improve your GPA in college programs;
  • complete university prerequisites; and
  • get your English 100 credit and English 12 in the same semester.

For more information about Adult Basic Education at CapU, please contact upgrading@capilanou.ca.  

Admission Requirements

Basic requirements

  • It is recommended that applicants have the equivalent of English 10 to facilitate the successful completion of the writing and math skills assessment.
  • Writing and math skills assessment and an interview with the department is required before students can register in ABE courses.

Program Requirements

Total program credits: 10.00

Adult Graduation Diploma Requirements

Total credits: 10.00

Required:

Choose 2.00 credits from the following list:

BENG 052

Or

Provincial Level English

2 credits

BENG 053 & 054

 

Provincial Level English

2 credits

Required:

Choose 2.00 credits from the following list:

BMTH 043 & 044

Or

Advanced Level math

2 credits

BMTH 047 & 048

Or

Advanced Level math

2 credits

BMTH 053 & 054

 

Provincial Level math

2 credits

Choose 6.00 credits from the following list:

BFPS 052

Or

Provincial level Indigenous culture and history

2 credits

BMTH 053 & 054

Or

Provincial level math

2 credits

BCHM 053 & 054

Or

Provincial level chemistry

2 credits

BPHY 053 & 054

Or

Provincial level physics

2 credits

BBIO 053 & 054

Or

Provincial level biology

2 credits

BHST 052

Or

Provincial level history (Spring only)

2 credits

BCMP 051

Or

Provincial level computers

2 credits

BCMP 052

Or

Provincial level computers

2 credits

BCMP 053

 

Provincial level computers

2 credits

Total program credits: 10.00

We offer grades 10-12 equivalent courses in math, English, biology, chemistry, physics, computers and history.

Contact

Have questions about this program?

CapU's North Vancouver main campus or CapU Lonsdale



upgrading@capilanou.ca

ABE at kálax-ay Sunshine Coast campus

Jutta Angus

juttaangus@capilanou.ca

ABE at the Ts̓zil Learning Centre



TLC@capilanou.ca

Student Information Services


604 984 4900
604 984 1798 (fax)
Library Building, room LB152
registration@capilanou.ca