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Graduation Requirements

High School: Graduation Requirements


High school graduation requirements are highlighted in blue. Four year colleges and universities have additional admission requirements in parentheses. Please click here to go to our college planning page.
 
Subject District Requirements in blue.
UC/CSU Requirements in parentheses ().
 
  10 Credits 20 Credits 30 Credits 40 Credits
English ~ Each year 9-12
40 Credits (UC/CSU requires 40)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Math
20 Credits (UC/CSU requires 30 Integrated Math I, II, III)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
World History ~ 10th grade
10 Credits (UC/CSU requires 10)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
US History ~ 11th grade
10 Credits (UC/CSU requires 10)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Civics/Economics~ 12th grade
10 Credits
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
ENS (Physical Education & Health)
20 Credits of PE & 5 Credits of Health - All 9th grade students must be in PE during the full school year
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Physical Science
10 Credits (UC/CSU requires 10)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Biological Science
10 Credits (UC/CSU requires 10)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Fine Arts, Foreign Language, or CTE
10 Credits (UC/CSU requires 10 Fine Art & 20 Foreign Language)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Electives 
85 Credits (UC/CSU requires 10 in one of the required academic areas above)
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Any credits outside of the minimum graduation requirement in a specific subject area automatically count as elective 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
  5              
Total Credits 230 Required for Graduation (Each box - 5 credits)