Graduation Requirements and Course Catalogs
BCSVA Graduation Planner Worksheet
2025-26 BCS Course Planning Guide and Course Catalog
Contact Ms. Hodges for BCS policies related to: graduation requirements, repeating courses, grade suppression for failed courses, diploma endorsements, eligibility for dual-enrollment, etc.
Links to Full Course Catalogs with Course Descriptions:
BCSVA Core Courses: all NC required English, Math, Social Studies, and Science. Taught by BCS teachers using Edgenuity or Canvas.
NC Virtual (NCVPS) - online instruction in elective courses including World Languages, Computer and CTE courses, and advanced Science and English courses.
NCSSM - North Carolina School of Science and Math - Synchronous Zoom instruction in advanced courses.
A-B Tech Dual-Enrollment (Career & College Promise) - for 11th and 12th graders with a 2.8 GPA (or advanced students upon recommendation). Dual-Enrollment allows students to earn college credit while satisfying high school graduation requirements.
Course Catalogs:
College Transfer Course (General Education Credits) Pathways
Career-Technical Pathway (including nursing, computer science)
More information about Career & College Promise and mapping your courses to match your future plans:
CTE Resources & Information (Career Technical Education)
What is CTE (Career Technical Education courses)
Career Interest Surveys & Career Exploration Tools
BCS students have access to FREE surveys to help them narrow their focus and to explore possible future careers. Quizzes include Interest Surveys and Strength Surveys. All take only a few minutes and can help a student identify a direction of study that is of most interest to them.
College Foundation of NC (CFNC)
NCCareers (same log-in as CFNC)
Career Interest Surveys: https://nccareers.org/find-career/interest-finder
Login using CFNC login to save results to quizzes and "favorite" careers
A-B Tech Career Coach (Select "Access Career Coach" to launch Career Assessments)
free service with career exploration tools
Employment Projections & Salary Projections
Employment Projections 2020-2030 video
Employment Projections 2020-2030 document
All Future Planning Resources - topics covered during Advisory groups
Post-Graduation Planning Resources
College & Career Exploration Resources:
College & Career Promise (A-B Tech dual-enrollment)
The 3 E’s of Post-Graduation Plans (Employment, Enlistment, Enrollment)
Apprenticeships & Work-Based Learning:
Career Interest Exploration: NCCareers.org
College Exploration: "Know Before You Go"
College & Community College Planning Resources
Community College Guidance - guide to selecting and applying to a Trade School or 2-year Community College
College Application Guidance - step by step guide for Completing RDS & Common App
Competitive College Applications - more in depth guidance
CFNC - Get Help Paying for College: CFNC