Education Programs

Academic/Non-Academic

New students are admitted to the program in one of four ways:

Path #1: Paid Professional (for students employed as paraprofessionals providing support services to persons with disabilities)

• English 12 (C)* or equivalent
• a letter of reference from your current employer, on agency letterhead, confirming employment.

Path #2: Volunteer Service Provider (for students volunteering service to people with developmental disabilities)

• English 12 (C)* or equivalent
• a Community Support Worker Certificate Volunteer Experience Record completed by a supervisor which shows at least 65 hours of direct service in the past three years. 

Path #3: Caregiver (for students at least 19 years old who are caregivers [eg-parent, guardian or sibling of a person with a developmental disability)

• English 12 (C)* or equivalent
• a completed Caregiver Personal Statement Form

• English 12 (C)* or equivalent
• in progress to complete at least 65 hours of relevant volunteer experience before the end of your first semester in the program. To continue in the program, you must submit a CSW Volunteer Experience Record showing successful completion of at least 65 volunteer hours as well as CASS 110 and CASS 120.  

Note (*): If you did not achieve at least a "C" grade in English 12 (or equivalent) you must write an English test at CNC. To do so, contact CNC's Testing and Tutoring Services at 1.800.371.8111, ext. 5837

Admission Advice

BC High School Graduates require the following for entry into the Bachelor of Science Program:

Academic

• English 12 or English First Peoples 12
• three approved Grade 12 courses *
• a fifth Grade 12 course **
• at least a 65% admission average
• Pre-Calculus 12 is recommended to meet course prerequisites

Footnotes:

(*) Approved Grade 12 courses are: Applications of Mathematics, BC First Nations Studies, Biology, Business/Hospitality Management, Calculus, Chemistry, Comparative Civilizations, Economics, English Literature, Français, Français Langue Seconde-Immersion, French, German, Geography, Geology, History, Japanese, Latin, Law, Mandarin, Math Foundations, Middle Earth 12, Physics, Pre-Calculus, Principles of Mathematics, Punjabi, Social Justice, Spanish, Sustainable Resources, Technical and Professional Communications, Writing.

(*) Approved AP and IB (all standard level and higher level) courses can be used in place of any approved Grade 12 Canadian high school course.

(*) Approved Advanced Placement courses are: AP Biology (General), AP Calculus AB or BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A or AB, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP French, AP German, AP History of Art, AP Human Geography, AP Latin, AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics, AP Music Theory, AP Physics B and/or Physics C, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Literature, AP Spanish Language, AP Statistics, AP United States History, AP US Government & Politics, AP World History.

(*) Approved International Baccalaureate courses: IB Biology, IB Business Management, IB Chemistry, IB Computer Science, IB Economics, IB English Language A, IB Environmental Systems, IB French Language A and/or French Language B, IB Geography, IB German, IB Greek, IB History, IB History - Asian, IB History - European, IB History and Culture of the Islamic World, IB Latin, IB Mathematics, IB Further Mathematics, IB Music, IB Philosophy, IB Physics, IB Psychology, IB Social and Cultural Anthropology, IB Spanish A and/or Spanish B.

(**) A fifth Grade 12 course = Any other of the approved Grade 12 courses, and also any Grade 12 course taught in the secondary school including locally-developed courses:  e.g. (First Nations Languages), career preparation courses (Construction 12, etc.), or others (Art 12, Band 12, Information Technology 12, Communications 12, CAPP 12, etc.) or any Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses.

Admission Advice

1. Admission Average = For all provinces, the best grade for each required course will be used (either the course mark or the course mark blended with the provincial exam). 

2. Students in other admission categories (eg - Admission from other Post-Secondary Institutions, Mature Student Entry, Special Entry) should refer to the UNBC Admissions page. 

Academic

1. One of:

• Grade 12 completion, with English 12, or English First Peoples 12, or Communications 12 or Technical and Professional Communications 12
• ABE/CCP Advanced Certificate
• General Education Development (GED) Certificate

2. Math

One of:

• Foundations of Math 11
• Pre-calculus 11
• MATH 042
• MATH 044
• MATH 045
• equivalent

1. It's strongly recommended that you have completed the following courses (within the past five years), or have a strong working knowledge of the course content:

• Typing 11 (with a keyboarding speed of at least 20 words per minute)
• Computer Science 11 or 12
• Data Processing 11 or 12

2. When there are too many applicants for the number of seats, the following criteria will be used to select half the class:

• completion of the Math requirement with at least a "B" grade is worth two points;
• completion of a secondary or post-secondary computer course featuring at least 25 hours of instruction in the last three years is worth one point per course, to a maximum of two points.

Academic

One of:

• English Studies 12 (B)
• English First Peoples 12 (B)
• ENGL 050 (B)
• ENGL 099 (B)
• University level English course (C)
• appropriate course placement on NLC Writing Assessment 
• equivalent

One of:

• Pre-Calculus 11 (C)
• Principles of Math 11 (C)
• Foundations of Math 11 (C)
• MATH 040 (C)
• CCP Math appraisal (readiness for Math 050) 
• Equivalent

Admission Advice

1. If your high school was not taught in English, click here for NLC’s general English Language Proficiency requirements. 

2. If you do not meet the above admission requirements, you can gain program entry by successfully completing the appropriate assessments and/or upgrading courses. Feedback on the Assessments will be provided to help you make informed decisions about appropriate selection of upgrading courses. For more details, please contact a NLC academic advisor.