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Board/Authority Authorized (BAA) courses are developed to help meet local community needs while providing choice and flexibility for students. Secondary schools offer a variety of board authorized courses that provide unique opportunities for students to explore particular subject areas in greater depth.
Process for submitting a new BAA proposal:
For a new BAA course to be approved, the development team must demonstrate how the course differs from currently available Ministry curriculum, and that there is a need for the area of learning for students. There should be minimal curricular overlap between a BAA course and a standard BC curriculum course.
The deadline for submission is April 30 for the new BAA course to be considered for the course selection package the following school year.
For ideas and examples of BAA courses offered in other districts in the province, FocusEd has created a searchable BAA Sharing Platform.
BAA courses in other districts can not be pulled into our District course catalogue. Each course must be developed specifically for our local context.