30 Credits (17 Compulsory Credits & 13 Optional Credits)

     A. Students must complete 17 compulsory credits and 13 optional credits to earn the Ontario Secondary School Diploma:

Compulsory

• 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
• 3 credits in mathematics (Grade 9, Grade 10 and 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
• 2 credits in science
• 1 credit in technological education (Grade 9 or Grade 10)
• 1 credit in Canadian history (Grade 10)
• 1 credit in Canadian geography (Grade 9)
• 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 and citizenship
• 1 credit from the STEM-related course group

  The following apply to compulsory credit selections.

  • You can use the Grade 11 English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit Voices course to meet the Grade 11 English compulsory credit requirement.
  • You can use the Grade 9 Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures course to meet the compulsory credit requirement in the arts.

  STEM-related course group

  Of the 17 compulsory credits, you must complete 1 from the following STEM group:

  • business studies
  • computer studies
  • cooperative education
  • mathematics (in addition to the 3 compulsory credits currently required)
  • science (in addition to the 2 compulsory credits currently required)
  • technological education (in addition to the 1 compulsory credit required)

Optional

You must earn 13 optional credits 

Optional credits may include up to 4 credits earned through approved dual credit programs.

B. Online Learning Requirement:

    2 virtual learning courses are required, but an opt-out is available.

C. In addition, students must complete the following:

• • The provincial literacy requirement – Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
  • 40 hours of community involvement