ACADEMICS S.C. DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible to receive a South Carolina high school diploma, students must earn 24 units of credit and demonstrate proficiency in computer literacy.

The 24 units must be distributed as follows:

Subject: Units Required

Language Arts: 4

Mathematics:4

Science: 3

US History & Constitution: 1

Economics: .5 Government: .5

Other Social Studies: 1

Physical Education/ROTC: 1

Computer Science: 1

Electives: 7

Foreign Language *OR* Occupational Specialty: 1

TOTAL UNITS: 24

(College-bound students must earn two units of a foreign language;

College-bound students must earn three units of lab sciences;

Technical students must earn one unit of a CATE course)