Post Secondary Information

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

The Career Centre has a wide variety of brochures from major colleges and universities in Canada. Up to date post-secondary information from institutions in Canada, the U.S.A., and around the world can also be found online.

As well, the Career Centre uses Education Planner, My Blueprint and Type focus to assist students with post-secondary planning, offers presentations from Post-Secondary Institutions, and assists with applications.

IMPORTANT

Students need 4-6 ACADEMIC courses for their university application.  See Mt. Doug’s academic list: List of Academic Courses offered at Mount Douglas Secondary

BC Post-Secondary Pathways: required high school courses

Note:  Students/ families need to verify program entrance requirements for their Colleges/Universities choices. The pre-requisites listed are for BC universities. Other provinces may have similar requirements, but please research to confirm courses needed.

Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities: English 12 (required)

Business: English 12 (required), Pre-Calculus 12 (required), Calculus 12 (required for some universities and recommended for others)

Engineering and Physics: English 12 (required), Physics 11 (required), Chemistry 11 (required), Chemistry 12 (required), Physics 12 (required), Pre-Calculus 12, Calculus 12 (required for some universities and recommended for others) and Computer Science 11 (recommended)

Sciences: English 12 (required), Physics 11 (required), Chemistry 11 (required), Chemistry 12 (required), Anatomy & Physiology 12 (required for some Science degrees), Life Science 11 (recommended for those taking first year Biology), Pre-Calculus 12 (required), Calculus 12 (recommended)

BC Post-Secondary Undergraduate Admission Links 

CAMOSUN

UVIC:  Admission requirements for BC high school students

UBC:    BC & Yukon Students

SFU:     Admission requirements

Grade 11 Math Pathways:

If you are registering for Pre-Calculus 11, recommended science choices for this pathway are Chemistry 11, Physics 11 or Life Science 11.  You may need to take more than one Science elective if you are going into Sciences.

If you are taking Foundations of Math 11, recommended science elective is Life Science 11 or Environmental Science 11.

If you are taking  Workplace Math 11, your science recommendation is Environmental Science 11.

Additional Websites of Interest

Education Planner – Apply to many post secondary institutions

NEW – Post-Secondary BC – Info for parents, students, and counsellors

English Language Proficiency

If you do not meet the English Language Proficiency requirements, which differ at each college or university, you must take one of these tests and submit your results:

IELTS

TOEFL