UPPER CANADA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

What do you need to graduate?

18 compulsory credits

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

• 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

Plus one credit from each of the following groups:
Group 1:

• English or French as a second language**

• a Native language

• a classical or an international language

• social sciences and the humanities

• Canadian and world studies

• guidance and career education

• cooperative education***

Group 2:

• health and physical education

• the arts

• business studies

• French as a second language**

• cooperative education***

Group 3:

• science (Grade 11 or 12)

• technological education

• French as a second language**

• computer studies

• cooperative education***

In addition to the compulsory credits, students must complete:

• 12 optional credits†

• 40 hours of community involvement activities

• the provincial literacy requirement

*A maximum of 3 credits in English as a second language (ESL) or English literacy development (ELD) may be counted towards the 4 compulsory credits in English, but the fourth must be a credit earned for a Grade 12 compulsory English course.

**In groups 1, 2, and 3, a maximum of 2 credits in French as a second language can count as compulsory credits, one from group 1 and one from either group 2 or group 3.

***A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education can count as compulsory credits.

†The 12 optional credits may include up to 4 credits earned through approved dual credit courses.