{"id":1686,"date":"2017-05-11T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T15:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/?page_id=1686"},"modified":"2020-12-10T10:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T15:11:42","slug":"diploma-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\/students\/diploma-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Diploma Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1686\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1686-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1686-0\" data-siteorigin-parallax=\"{&quot;backgroundUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nearnorthschools.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/OSS-diploma.png&quot;,&quot;backgroundSize&quot;:[1948,591],&quot;backgroundSizing&quot;:&quot;scaled&quot;,&quot;limitMotion&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-1686-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div 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class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>What do you need to graduate?<br \/>18 compulsory credits<br \/>Students must earn the following compulsory credits to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)*<\/li>\n<li>3 credits in mathematics (1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)<\/li>\n<li>2 credits in science<\/li>\n<li>1 credit in Canadian history<\/li>\n<li>1 credit in Canadian geography<\/li>\n<li>1 credit in the arts<\/li>\n<li>1 credit in health and physical education<\/li>\n<li>1 credit in French as a second language<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in career studies<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in civics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus one credit from each of the following groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New\u00a0<strong>1 additional credit\u00a0<\/strong>(group 1): additional credit in English,\u00a0<strong>or French as a second language,** or a Native language, or a classical or an international language,<\/strong>\u00a0or social sciences and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies,\u00a0<strong>or guidance and career education, or cooperative education***<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>New\u00a0<strong>1 additional credit<\/strong>\u00a0(group 2): additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies,\u00a0<strong>or French as a second language,** or cooperative education***<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>New\u00a0<strong>1 additional credit\u00a0<\/strong>(group 3): additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12), or technological education,\u00a0<strong>or French as a second language,** or computer studies, or cooperative education***<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the compulsory credits, students must complete:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 optional credits\u2020<\/li>\n<li>40 hours of community involvement activities<\/li>\n<li>the provincial literacy requirement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>*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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>**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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>***A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education can count as compulsory credits.<\/em><br \/><em> \u2020The 12 optional credits may include up to 4 credits earned through approved dual credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: Ontario Ministry of Education\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edu.gov.on.ca\">www.edu.gov.on.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you need to graduate?18 compulsory creditsStudents 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 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