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Curriculum Requirements for the State High School Diploma
[For more information:
SDE
website]New
Requirements became effective beginning with the ninth grade class of
1997-98.
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Beginning with the ninth grade class of school year 1997-98 and thereafter, to
qualify for a State high school diploma, a student must earn a total of 24 units of credit
in state approved courses distributed as follows: |
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| Courses |
Unit
Requirements |
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| English/Language
Arts |
4.0 |
| Mathematics |
4.0 |
| Science 1 |
3.0 |
| U.S. History
and Constitution |
1.0 |
| Economics |
0.5 |
| U.S. Government |
0.5 |
| Other Social
Studies |
1.0 |
| Physical
Education or ROTC |
1.0 |
| Computer
Science |
1.0 |
| Foreign
Language 2,3 or Occupational Ed 2,3 |
1.0 |
| Electives |
7.0 |
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Total |
24.0 |
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