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Students' Corner >> Requirements for the OSSD
Requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma
 

OSSD
(registered in grade 9 since September 1999)

18 compulsory credits:

4 English (one per grade)
1 French
3 Math (at least one from grade 11 or 12)
2 Science
1 Canadian history
1 Canadian geography
1 Arts (art, music, drama, dance, ...)
1 Health and physical education
0.5 Civics
0.5 Career studies



Plus one credit for each of the following groups:

1 additional credit in English, or French as a second language, or a Native language, or a classical or an international language, or social sciences 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
  • 40 hours of community service
  • the provincial literacy requirements
 

OSIS (registered in grade 9 before September 1999)
 

16 compulsory credits:

5 English (at least 2 from grades 11/12)
1 French
2 Math
2 Science
1 Canadian history
1 Canadian geography
1 Art, music, or drama
1 Health and physical education
1 Social science (grade 11 or 12)
1 Business or technological studies


14 optional credits