Graduation Requirements

Required Courses

To receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), students must earn 30 credits as outlined below.

Credits	Course
4 credits (1 per grade)	English
3 credits (1 senior)	Math
2 credits	Science
1 credit	Canadian History
1 credit	Canadian Geography
1 credit	Arts
1 credit	Health and Physical Education
1 credit	French as a Second Language
0.5 credit	Career Studies
0.5 credit	Civics
4 credits (1 per grade)	Religious Education
1 credit	Group 1 English or French as a Second Language, Native language, classical or an international language, social science and the humanities, Canadian and world studies, guidance and career education, or cooperative education.
1 credit	Group 2 Health and physical education, the arts, business studies, French as a Second Language, or cooperative education.
1 credit	Group 3 Science (Grade 11 or 12), or technological education, or French as a Second Language, or computer studies, or cooperative education.
8 credits	Elective/Optional Courses

Additional Requirements

40 hours of community involvement activities
Literacy Requirement:
- pass the Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), or
- complete the Ontario Literacy Course (OLC).
2 eLearning credits

Additional information is available from the Ministry of Education's webpages What Do I Need to Graduate? and Online Learning Graduation Requirement.