Ontario Secondary School Diploma

In order to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) a student must:

Earn 30 credits (18 compulsory and 12 optional credits)

Complete 40 hours of community involvement activities

Successfully complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) or (OLC40)

All students must successfully complete the Ministry of Education literacy requirement in order to earn a secondary school diploma. Either successfully passing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) or the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OLC40) will accomplish this.

Compulsory Credits

Compulsory Credits

4 credits in English (one per grade and all acquired at Pickering College)

3 credits in Mathematics (at least one in Grade 11 or 12 and all acquired at Pickering College)

2 credits in Science

1 credit in French as a second language

1 credit in Canadian Geography

1 credit in Canadian History

1 credit in the Arts

1 credit in Health and Physical Education

0.5 credit in Civics

0.5 credit in Career Studies

Group 1:

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.

Group 2:

1 additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies, or French as a second language, or cooperative education.

Group 3:

1 additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12), or technological education, or French as a second language, or computer studies

Note: Only two Cooperative Education credits can count as compulsory credits.

Use this plan as a guide to your course selection (based on course offerings at Pickering College):

Ontario Secondary School Diploma

Compulsory Credits

Group 1:

Group 2:

Group 3:

Grade 9

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12