GRADUATION+REQUIREMENTS

Students must earn the following compulsory credits to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma: Plus one credit from each of the following groups: In addition to the compulsory credits, students must complete:
 * 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)*
 * 3 credits in mathematics (1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
 * 2 credits in science
 * 1 credit in Canadian history
 * 1 credit in Canadian geography
 * 1 credit in the arts
 * 1 credit in health and physical education
 * 1 credit in French as a second language
 * 0.5 credit in career studies
 * 0.5 credit in civics
 * New 1 additional credit (group 1): additional credit in English, or French as a second language, **or a Native language, or a classical or an international language, or social sciences and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies, or guidance and career education, or cooperative education***
 * New 1 additional credit (group 2): additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies, or French as a second language, **or cooperative education***
 * New 1 additional credit (group 3): additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12), or technological education, or French as a second language, **or computer studies, or cooperative education***
 * 12 optional credits†
 * 40 hours of community involvement activities
 * the provincial literacy requirement