Post High School Guidelines

Students wanting to attend a 4-year college or university must have a minimum of 17 core credits.  Thirteen (13) of these credits must be in the four core areas distributed as follows:

To determine which courses may be accepted within these categories, refer to the “Introduction to the UW System.”

Elective Credits

Four (4) chosen from the core college preparatory areas (English, Mathematics, Natural Science, or Social Science), foreign language, fine arts, computer science, and other academic areas.  Some UW system institutions may also accept vocational courses for these four elective credits.

The credit requirements to graduate from Oregon High School are listed below.

v     Four credits in English.  These credits must include English 9, 10, 11, and one credit of English selective.

v     Three credits in social studies.  These credits must include US History (one credit), World Civilizations (one credit), and Contemporary American History (one credit), or American History/America since WWI (one credit), or Honors US History (one credit).

v     Two credits of mathematics.

v     Two credits of science, Integrated Science 9 and Biology are required.

v     One and a half credits of physical education (unless medically excused).  These must include PE 9, PE 10, and PE selective.

v     Half credit in the Integrated Senior Course (ISC).

v     Quarter credit of health, preferably taken in the sophomore year.

v     A minimum of 23 credits.