OSSD Credits Requirements: Students who started Grade 9 in 2024 or later

Students need the following 18 compulsory credits to get their OSSD:

• 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
• 3 credits in mathematics (Grade 9, Grade 10 and 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
• 2 credits in science
• 1 credit in technological education (Grade 9 or Grade 10)*
• 1 credit in Canadian history (Grade 10)
• 1 credit in Canadian geography (Grade 9)
• 1 credit in the arts
• 1 credit in health and physical education
• 1 credit in French as a second language
• 0.5 credit in career studies
• 0.5 credit in civics and citizenship
• 1 credit from the STEM-related course group*

The following conditions apply to compulsory credit selections:

• The Grade 11 English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit Voices course may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement in English. 
• The Grade 9 Expressions of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Cultures course may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement in the Arts.

Students starting high school in September 2024 must earn a Grade 9 or 10 Technological Education credit to graduate.

These credit courses now have mandatory learning on the skilled trades and include:

• Technology and the Skilled Trades – Grade 9
• Technology and the Skilled Trades – Grade 10
• Grade 9 and 10 broad-based technology focus courses

Earning a credit in any of these courses will meet the new graduation requirement.

This introduces high school students to Technological Education and skilled trades earlier, as they make decisions about:

• Apprenticeships
• Senior level courses
• Career paths
• College or university

Students starting high school in September 2024 must earn a STEM-related Course Group Credit to graduate. Of the 17 compulsory credits, students must complete 1 from the following group:

• Business studies
• Computer studies
• Cooperative education
• Mathematics (in addition to the 3 compulsory credits currently required)
• Science (in addition to the 2 compulsory credits currently required)
• Technological education (in addition to the 1 compulsory credit required)