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School of Business & Education

Move Ahead with Your Education

Academic upgrading will open doors to further education and career opportunities. With high school equivalency courses in grades 10 - 12 English, grades 11 - 12 Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics, we can start you on a pathway to strengthening your skills and positioning your goals within reach.

Get the Green Light for Admission

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age in the semester they plan to attend the program. English and Mathematics placement assessments will be required if students have:

  • Been out of school for two or more years
  • Received less than 60% in Alberta Education English 10-1, 20-1, 30-1 or in Alberta Education Mathematics 10C, 20-1, 30-1
  • Not taken courses in the Alberta Education English 10-1, 20-1, 30-1 or Mathematics 10C, 20-1, 30-1

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Take a Peek at What's in Store

Get a taste for what your upgrading journey looks like with a sample of the high school equivalency courses we offer.

All Upgrading Courses

The major concepts in this course include human systems (digestion, respiration, circulation, immune, excretory and motor systems); energy and matter exchange in the biosphere; population change; photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Course Specifics

Major concepts include: inorganic nomenclature; modern atomic structure, orbitals; ionic and covalent bonding, hydrogen bonding, metallic bonding, Van der Waal forces, ionization, electronegativity, VSEPR; solutions, stoichiometry, empirical formulas, percent composition, pH, molarity, equilibrium, Arrhenius acids and bases.

Course Specifics

In this course, students work to improve their reading comprehension by studying various genres including short stories, drama, poetry, and nonfiction. There will be opportunities for both oral and written expression (paragraphs and essays) with a focus on mastery of punctuation, grammar and sentence construction.

Course Specifics

The topics include: linear and two dimensional velocity, acceleration, forces; vector versus scalar quantities from mathematical and graphical perspectives; Newton's three laws of motion; equilibrium forces, incline planes; centripetal force and acceleration, Kepler's three laws of planetary motion, Newton's law of gravity; work, power kinetic, gravitational potential and conservation of energy; transverse and longitudinal waves and interference of waves, resonance and Doppler effect.

Course Specifics

This is a modularized course which covers unit pricing and currency exchange; earning an income; measurement including surface area and volume; conversion between SI and imperial units and Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales; angles and parallel lines; scale drawing of polygon figures; and trigonometry of right triangles.

Course Specifics

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Academic Upgrading

Placement Assesments

Review your knowledge with our handy tests below, before booking an appointment to write a placement assessment.

Algebra I     Algebra II     Arithmetic     Advanced Writing     Basic Writing     Sample Questions

Algebra 1

If you have completed Math 10-C, take this Assessment.

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Algebra 2

If you have completed 10C, 20-1/20-2, take this Assessment.

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Arithmatic

If you have completed Math 8 or 9, take this Assessment.

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Advanced Writing

If you have completed a Grade 11 English course, take this Assessment.

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Basic Writing

If you have completed a Grade 9 English course, take this Assessment.

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