
Secondary - the requirements
To obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (DESO), the student must accumulate at least 30 credits. The student obtains a credit after having successfully completed a course lasting at least 110 hours.
18 compulsory credits:
- 4 credits in French (1 credit per year)
- 1 credit in English
- 3 credits in mathematics (at least 1 credit in grades 11 through 12)
- 2 credits in science
- 1 credit in Canadian history
- 1 credit in Canadian geography
- 1 credit in arts education
- 1 credit in physical education and health
- 0,5 credit in career exploration
- 0,5 credit in civics and citizenship
Plus 1 credit in each of the following groups:
1 group | 2 group | 3 group |
French (including the Ontario Secondary School Language Skills Course) |
physical education and health | science (11th or 12th grade) |
English | artistic education | technological education |
indigenous languages | business and trade | classical languages |
Humanities and Social Sciences | English | international languages |
canadian and world studies | cooperative education | English |
career guidance and training | Quebec Sign Language as a Second Language | computer education |
cooperative education | cooperative education | |
Quebec Sign Language as a Second Language | Quebec Sign Language as a Second Language |
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The choice of compulsory credits from the three groups above is subject to the following conditions:
A maximum of two credits of English can count as compulsory credits in Groups
1, 2 and 3: one must be from Group 1 and the other from Group 2 or 3.A maximum of two cooperative education credits can count as compulsory credits in Groups 1, 2 and 3.
The credit for the grade 9 course titled Expression of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Cultures may count towards the mandatory arts education credit.
The Grade 11 French: Discovering Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices course credit may count toward the Grade 11 French compulsory credit.
Credit for a Beginners English course may count towards compulsory English credit in Groups 1, 2 and 3.
A student who has chosen to study an Aboriginal language instead of elementary English may use the credit of an Aboriginal language course (Level 1 or Level 2) towards the compulsory credit of English in Groups 1, 2 and 3.
12 optional credits, chosen from the additional courses available
The 12 optional credits can include a maximum of 4 credits from approved dual credit courses.
- Obtain at least 2 credits online learning
Council requirement
1 credit in religious education, namely:
- 1 credit in the intermediate cycle or
- 1 graduate credit