Dual-Credit Courses

KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

CARPENTRY (TRNJ-2A, 2B, 2C, 2D)

The Carpentry Foundations course is offered in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic University. It is a SkilledTradesBC Train in Trades program where students can earn graduation credits, and first-level technical training credits for a career in carpentry. The course is offered in semester 2 during the entire school day. Students will receive hands-on classroom instruction, complete the necessary theoretical components, and receive assistance in work placement. Interested students must contact the Career Programs Office for placement in this program.  Students must provide steel-toed boots and are expected to wear them in the shops at all times. Fees: $500.

CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICIAN LEVEL 1 FOUNDATIONS (TRNJ-2E, 2F, 2G, 2H)

The Electrician Foundations course is offered in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic University. It is a SkilledTradesBC Train in Trades program where students can earn graduation credits and first-level technical training credits for a career as an electrician. The course is offered in semester 2 during the entire school day. Students will receive hands-on classroom instruction, complete the necessary theoretical components, and receive assistance in work placement. Interested students must contact the Career Programs Office for placement in this program.  Students must provide steel-toed boots and are expected to wear them in the shops at all times. Fees: $500.

VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CULINARY ARTS (PZ-2A, PZ-2B)

The Culinary Arts program allows students to obtain experience in a post-secondary environment. The course will be taught in our school cafeteria under the guidance of a VCC chef.

PROFESSIONAL COOK 1 (TRNZ-2A, 2B, 2C, 2D)

This college-level course will cover the technical training Level 1 of the SkilledTradesBC harmonized curriculum. Topics covered will be safety, sanitation and equipment, basic food service skills, cold kitchen, baking and desserts, egg and breakfast cooking, vegetable and starch cooking, meat-poultry-seafood handling and cooking, stocks, soups and sauces and elementary kitchen management and health care. This course spans all four blocks in Semester 2. Fees: $165 (subject to change). 

This course is designed to provide the student with a solid basic understanding of the Culinary Arts and its practical fundamentals. The graduate should be instantly employable and able to be successful in almost any kind of professional kitchen. 

Credits: Students will be given dual credits. They will receive credit for four secondary school Grade 12 courses as well as a Culinary Arts Certificate from Vancouver Community College (Foundation) leading to Professional Cook Level 1 certification and apprenticeship.

NORTHERN LGHTS COLLEGE

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (ECEO-2A, 2B ) 

There are 2 different NLC courses available for HSS students (HDEC 100 & HDEC103). These are online courses offered through NLC. Students are expected to complete coursework independently. HSS support will be limited to assisting students with an orientation of the NLC learning platform. Each of these classes will provide you with the credits required to become a Certified Early Childcare Assistant with the ECE Registry in the Province of BC. 

To be accepted into the program at NLC students going into grade 12 will require the following:

English 11 with a B or higher

A completed Criminal Record Check

If you are enrolled in English 12 in semester 1 you need a B or higher at midterm.

Students going into grade 11 will require the following:

A completed English 11 with a B or higher by Mid-November 2023

A completed Criminal Record Check

Students who complete the ECE program with NLC will be placed as a work experience student in the community once the program concludes if their timetable allows it. There is an option for students to take additional ECE courses at NLC once these first two are completed. The NLC courses are available for a September entry & a January entry (mixed post-secondary and high school student cohorts) and a February entry (high school only cohort). This is a dual credit program so students will gain four grade 12 credits for each NLC course.