Graduation Requirements

A Hawaii High School Diploma shall be issued to students who meet the following minimum course and credit requirements (Board of Education Policy 102-15):

• English
  • 4 credits including: English Language Arts 1 (1.0 credit) and English Language Arts 2 (1.0 credit); Expository Writing* (0.5 credit); and Common Core aligned language arts electives or proficiency based equivalents [ELA basic electives (1.5 credits)]
• Social Studies
  • 4 credits including: U.S. History and Government (1.0 credit); and World History and Culture (1.0 credit); and Modern History of Hawaii (0.5 credit); and Participation in a Democracy (0.5 credit); and Social Studies basic elective (1.0 credit)
• Mathematics
  • 3 credits including: Algebra 1 (1.0 credit); and Geometry (1.0 credit); and mathematics basic elective (1.0 credit)
• Science
  • 3 credits including: Biology 1 (1.0 credit); and science basic electives (2.0 credits)
• 2 credits in one of the specified programs of study
  • World Language (note 1)
  • Fine Arts (note 2)
  • Career and Technical Education / JROTC (note 3)
• Physical Education (P.E.)
  • 1 credit including Physical Education Lifetime Fitness (0.5 credit); and Physical Education basic elective (0.5 credit)
• Health
  • 0.5 credit in Health Today and Tomorrow
• Personal Transition Plan
  • 0.5 credit
• Electives (Any Subject Area)
  • 6 credits

TOTAL: 24 credits

*Or equivalent course.

Notes:

1. Two credits in a single World Language. Credits must be taken in sequence with consecutive course numbers in the study of one language.
2. Two credits in a Fine Arts discipline: Visual Arts, Music, Drama or Dance. Credits do not need to be in a single discipline.
3. CTE: Two credits need to be in a single career pathway program of study sequence. JROTC: Two consecutive JROTC courses fulfill CTE two credits for diploma requirements.

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