Board Authorized Authority Courses
In British Columbia, school boards have a tradition of encouraging the development of innovative course offerings in response to local needs and priorities. The Ministry of Education, as well, encourages school boards to offer locally relevant courses to meet the needs of schools and their communities while providing choice and flexibility for students. As a result, there are hundreds of locally designed courses offered at schools across the province, covering subjects from adventure tourism to web publishing.
Locally designed courses are typically offered as electives. In order to count for credit toward the provincial graduation program, a locally designed course must meet requirements set by the Ministry of Education, as outlined in the Board Authorized Course Order, and be approved by a school board.
There is no limit to the number of Board/Authority Authorized (BAA) Courses that may be used as part of the 28 credits of electives needed to fulfill the graduation requirements for the 2004 Graduation Program, or the 24 credits of Selected Studies requirements needed in the 1995 program.
- Formerly Locally Developed(LD) courses
- No limit to how many BAA's a student may take
- BC Ministry set standard criteria for authorization
- District is near completion of a review and conversion process for existing LD courses
- Currently a one year "moratorium" on the creation of new Coquitlam SD43 BAA courses
- LD courses that do not meet ministry criteria may be offered as NON-CREDIT courses
School Board/Authority Authorized Courses
SD73 Board/Authority Authorized Courses
The following files are maintained by Kent Brewer
BAA Core Categories with SD73 Couses (May 2012) (PDF)
Courses with BCESIS Code Summarized (May 2012) (PDF)
2011-2012 Courses
- BA Aboriginal Studies 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Adventure Tourism 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Aquartics 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Art de Parler 10 (PDF)
- BA Art Metal 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Art Metal 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Astronomy 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Ceramics and Sculpture 11 (PDF)
- BA Ceramics and Sculpture 12 (PDF)
- BA Cinema Literature 12 (PDF)
- BA Computer Animation 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Computer Animation 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Computer Animation 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Creative Wood 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Creative Wrting 10A 10B (PDF)
- BA Creative Writing 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Debate and Speech 11 (PDF)
- BA DigiPen CS1 Online 10-12 (PDF)
- BA Digipen 3D Animation 11 (PDF)
- BA DigiPen Tech Academy 12A (PDF)
- BA DigiPen Tech Academy 12B (PDF)
- BA DigiPen Tech Academy 12C (PDF)
- BA DigiPen Tech Academy 12D (PDF)
- BA DigiPen Video Game Design 10 (PDF)
- BA Drawing and Painting 11 (PDF)
- BA Drawing and Painting 12 (PDF)
- BA English Language Development 10 Introcution (PDF)
- BA English Language Development 10a (PDF)
- BA English Language Development 10b (PDF)
- BA Equestrian Studies 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Equestrian Studies 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Exercise for Life 11 (PDF)
- BA Exercise for Life 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Explorations of Great Ideas 10 (PDF)
- BA Extended Studies 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Forestry Environmental Studies 11A (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Futures 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Girls in Motion 11 (PDF)
- BA Girls in Motion 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Golf 10 (PDF)
- BA Golf 11 (PDF)
- BA Golf 12 (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 11A (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 11B (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 11B intro (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 11C (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 11C intro (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 12A (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 12A intro (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 12B (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 12B intro (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 12C (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 12C intro (DOC)
- BA Hairdressing 12D (PDF)
- BA Hairdressing 12D intro (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Health Science 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Hip Hop 10 11 12 (PDF)
- BA Hockey Skills 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Human Performance 10/11 (Football) (PDF)
- BA Human Performance 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Human Performance 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Leadership 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Leadership 11(DOC)
- BA Leadership 12 (PDF)
- BA Learning Strategies 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Learning Strategies 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Learning Strategies 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Military Studies 11 (PDF)
- BA Modern World Drumming 10 (PDF)
- BA Modern World Drumming 11 (PDF)
- BA Modern World Drumming 12 (PDF)
- BA Musical Instrument Making 11 (PDF)
- BA Musical Theatre 10 (PDF)
- BA Musical Theatre 11 (PDF)
- BA Musical Theatre 12 (PDF)
- BA Networking Basics 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Outdoor Education: Fly Fishing 10 (PDF)
- BA Peer Helper 10-12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Peer Tutoring 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Peer Tutoring 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Peer Mentorship 10 (PDF)
- BA Peer Mentorship 11 (PDF)
- BA Peer Mentorship 12 (PDF)
- BA Photography 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Photography 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Photography 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Psychology 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Psychology 12 (PDF)
- BA Recreational Leadership 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 11A (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 11B (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 11C (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 11D (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 12A (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 12B (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 12C (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Resource Management 12D (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Retail Management 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Retail Management 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Rock and Roll History 11 (PDF)
- BA Rock and Roll Society 11 (PDF)
- BA Rugby 11 (PDF)
- BA Script Writing 11 (PDF)
- BA Script Writing 12 (PDF)
- BA Sport Performance 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Sports Specific Training 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Teacher Assistant 10-12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Theatre Sports 10 (PDF)
- BA Theatre Sports 11 (PDF)
- BA Theatre Sports 12 (PDF)
- BA Theatre Study 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Video Game Maker 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Video Game Maker 12 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Video Production 11 (RTF) (PDF)
- BA Video Production 12 (RTF) (PDF)
- BA Web 2.0 and Collaborative Research 12 (PDF)
- BA Web Design 10 (PDF)
- BA Web Design 10 SKSS (PDF)
- BA Web Design 11 (PDF)
- BA Web Design 11 SKSS (PDF)
- BA Web Design 12 (PDF)
- BA Web Design 12 SKSS (PDF)
- BA Yearbook 10 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Yearbook 11 (DOC) (PDF)
- BA Yearbook 12 (DOC) (PDF)