What Do You Need to Graduate from a Canadian High School with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma?

 

Students must earn the following compulsory credits to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

• 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
  • The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC) may be used to meet either the Grade 11 or the Grade 12 English compulsory credit requirement.
  • The Grade 11 Contemporary Aboriginal Voices course may be used to meet the Grade 11 English compulsory credit requirement.
  • For English language learners the requirement may be met through earning a maximum of 3 credits in English as a second language (ESL) or English literacy development (ELD); the fourth credit must be a Grade 12 compulsory English course.

• 3 credits in mathematics (at least 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 
  • The Grade 9 Expressing Aboriginal Cultures course may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement in the arts. 
• 1 credit in health and physical education
• 1 credit in French as a second language 
  • Students who have taken Native languages in place of French as a second language in elementary school may use a Level 1 or 2 Native language course to meet the compulsory credit requirement for French as a second language. 
• 0.5 credit in career studies
• 0.5 credit in civics

Plus one credit from each of the following groups:

• Group 1: 

English (including the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course), French as a second language, classical languages, international languages, Native languages, Canadian and world studies, Native studies, social sciences and humanities, guidance and career education, cooperative education

• Group 2: 

French as a second language, the arts, business studies, health and physical education, cooperative education

• Group 3: 

French as a second language, science (Grade 11 or 12), computer studies, technological education, cooperative education

Note: The following conditions apply to selections from the above three groups:

• A maximum of 2 credits in French as a second language my count as additional compulsory credits, 1 credit from Group 1, and 1 credit from either Group 2 or Group 3.
• A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education may count as additional compulsory credits, selected from any of Groups 1, 2, or 3.

In addition to the compulsory credits, students must complete:

• 12 optional credits
• 40 hours of community involvement activities
• the provincial secondary school literacy requirement

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