Course Selections
Diploma Requirements By Department By Division By Grade
Students must receive 30 credits, including 18 compulsory credits and 12 optional credits to earn their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Students must also complete 40 hours of community involvement activities and must pass the provincial secondary school literacy test. The credits must be distributed as follows:
18 Compulsory Credits
  • 4 - English
  • 1 - French as a second language
  • 3 - Mathematics
  • 2 - Science
  • 1 - Canadian Geography
  • 1 - Canadian History
  • 1 - The Arts
  • 1 - Health and Physical Education
  • ½ - Careers
  • ½ - Civics
  • 1 - (Additional) credit in English, or French as a second language, or a Native language, or a classical or an international language, or social studies and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies, or guidance and career education, or cooperative education
  • 1 - (Additional) credit in health and physical education or the arts, or business studies, or cooperative education
  • 1 - (Additional) credit in science, or technological education, or cooperative education
12 Optional Credits