This type of independent school teaching certificate restricts educators to teach subjects that are directly related to their post-secondary studies. Applicants need to have 18 credits of third and fourth year academic course work or 30 credits of any level academic course work in at least one of the following teachable areas.

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	Additional Languages ° Applied Skills English Language Arts Fine Arts * Health Sciences Humanities		Indigenous Education Library Religious Studies Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Special Education
	* At least six credits in a fine and performing arts teaching area must be studies in theory (i.e. non-studio).

Subject Category (SR Restriction)	Teachable Area/Academic Qualifications
Additional Languages °	Arabic Croatian English as a Second Language Farsi Filipino French German Hebrew Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Punjabi Russian Spanish
Applied Skills	Accounting Automotives Business Education Career Education Computer Science/Programming ++ Counselling Culinary Arts Design E-Commerce Entrepreneurship and Marketing Equestrian Studies Food Studies Home Economics Planning Technology Education ++ Textiles ++ Qualifications could also fall under STEM subject area
English Language Arts	Communications Composition Creative Writing English Journalism Literary Studies New Media
Fine Arts * * At least six credits in a fine and performing arts teaching area must be studies in theory (i.e. non-studio).	Art Art Studio Dance Directing and Scriptwriting Drama Drawing and Painting Eurythmy Film and Television Graphic Arts Media Arts Music Photography Sculpture Theatre Production Visual Arts
Health Sciences	Active Living Fitness and Conditioning Health Education Kinesiology Outdoor Education Physical Education Physical Therapy
Humanities	Anthropology Asian Studies BC First Peoples + Canadian Studies Classical Civilization Comparative Cultures Comparative World Religions Economics Geography History Human Geography International Relations Journalism Law Studies Philosophy Political Science Psychology Social Studies *** Sociology Women's Studies *** Social Studies should include courses from two or more of the following disciplines: History, Geography, Canadian Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, and Economics. + Qualifications could also fall under Indigenous Education subject area
Indigenous Education	BC First Peoples + + Qualifications could also fall under Humanities subject area
Library
Religious Studies	Christian Studies Islamic Studies Judaic Studies Religious Music Sikh Studies World Religions
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)	Anatomy Astronomy Biology Calculus Chemistry Computer Science/Programming ++ Engineering Environmental Science General Science ** Geology/Earth Science Geometry Life Sciences Mathematics Ocean Science Physical Geography Physics Statistics Technology Education ++ ** General Science should include courses from two or more of the following disciplines: Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Physical Geography, Geology/Earth Science, Ocean Science, Environmental Science, and Astronomy. ++ Qualifications could also fall under Applied Skills
Special Education

° For the subject category of Additional Languages, in the absence of 30 credits (18 upper level credits) of course work in a teaching area, applicants whose first language is other than English will be awarded the equivalence of 30 credits of academic course work in the language upon:

• completion of high-school and a post-secondary degree in a country where that language is the primary language of instruction; AND
• completion of 6 credits of literature and composition at the post-secondary level in the language to be taught°°

°° For teaching French language: A DELF (Diplôme d'études en langue Française) exam may be taken and a CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) level B2 must be attained in the instance that 6 credits of literature and composition have not been completed.