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Alberta High School Diploma Graduation Requirements

ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

GRADUATION  REQUIREMENTS

The requirements indicated in this chart are the minimum requirements for a student to attain an Alberta High School Diploma. The requirements for entry into post-secondary institutions and workplaces may require additional and specific courses.

100 CREDITS
including the following:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS - 30 LEVEL
(English Language Arts 30-1, 30-2)

SOCIAL STUDIES - 30 LEVEL
(Social Studies 30-1 or 30-2)

MATHEMATICS - 20 LEVEL 
(Pure Mathematics 20, Applied Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 24)

SCIENCE - 20 LEVEL
(Science 20, Science 24, Biology 20, Chemistry 20 or Physics 20)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 10 (3 CREDITS)

CAREER AND LIFE MANAGEMENT (3 CREDITS)

10 CREDITS IN ANY COMBINATION FROM:

  • Career and Technology Studies (CTS) 
  • Fine Arts 
  • Second Languages  
  • Physical Education 20 and/or 30  
  • Locally developed/acquired and locally authorized courses in CTS, fine arts, second languages, Knowledge and Employability or IOP 
  • Knowledge and Employability or IOP occupational courses 
  • Registered Apprenticeship Program 

10 CREDITS IN ANY 30-LEVEL COURSE
(IN ADDITION TO  a 30-LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS and a 30-LEVEL SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE AS SPECIFIED ABOVE)


These courses may include:

  • 35-level Locally developed/acquired and locally authorized courses 
  • 3000 Series; Advanced Level in Career and Technology Studies Courses 
  • 35-level Work Experience  
  • 30- 4 level Knowledge and Employability course or 36-level IOP course 
  • 35-level Registered Apprenticeship Program 
  • 30-level Green Certificate Specialization 

 
  • For students who entered Grade 10 before September 1998, the mathematics requirement—Mathematics 20 or 23 or 24—may also be met with any 10—credit combination of mathematics courses that includes either Mathematics 13 or Mathematics 10; e.g., Mathematics 10 and Mathematics 14. Students may also use Pure Mathematics 10, Applied Mathematics 10, Mathematics Preparation 10 (5 credits) in conjunction with Mathematics 10 or Mathematics 13 to meet this requirement.

  • The science requirement—Science 20, 24, Biology 20, Chemistry 20 or Physics 20—may also be met with the 10-credit combination of Science 10 and Science 14.

  • Students may earn any number of credits in the study of second languages, but only a maximum of 25 language credits may be used to meet the 100-credit requirement for the Alberta High School Diploma.

Students entering Grade 10 in the 1998-1999 school year and subsequent school years will be able to use Physical Education 20 and/or 30 to meet this 10-credit requirement.

30-level English or 30-level Social Studies courses from a different course sequence may not be used to meet the 30-level course requirement.

Students may earn any number of credits in work experience, but only 15 credits may be used to meet the 100-credit requirement for the Alberta High School Diploma.


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