Ontario High School Education System
Requirements to Graduate
As an accredited and inspected private high school by the Ministry of Education of Ontario, FH International follows the guidelines of Ontario Curriculum.
What do you need to earn Ontario Secondary School Diploma?
18 Compulsory Credits
Students must earn the following compulsory credits to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma:
- 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)*
- 3 credits in mathematics (1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
- 2 credits in science
- 1 credit in Canadian history
- 1 credit in Canadian geography
- 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
In addition, students must complete:
- 12 optional credits
- 40 hours of community involvement
- The provincial literacy requirement – Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
Plus one credit from each of the following groups:
| Group 1: English or French as a second language** a Native language a classical or international language social sciences and the humanities Canadian and world studies guidance and career education cooperative education*** | 1 |
| Group 2: health and physical education the arts business studies French as a second language** cooperative education*** | 1 |
| Group 3: science (Grade 11 or 12) technological education French as a second language** computer studies cooperative education*** | 1 |
* A maximum of 3 credits in English as a second language (ESL) or English literacy development (ELD) may be counted towards the 4 compulsory credits in English, but the fourth must be a credit earned for a Grade 12 compulsory English course.
** In groups 1, 2 and 3, a maximum of 2 credits in French as a second language can count as compulsory credits, one from group 1 and one from either group 2 or group 3.
*** A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education can count as compulsory credits.
† The 12 optional credits may include up to 4 credits earned through approved dual credit courses
FH International High School – Current Courses, 2019 – 2020
| ENGLISH | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| English | ENG1D | ENG2D | ENG3U | ENG4U |
| Presentation and Speaking Skills | EPS3O | |||
| Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course | OLC4O | |||
| International Language (Mandarin) | LKMDU | |||
| English as a Second Language & English Literacy Development | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| English as a Second Language | ESLAO | ESLBO | ESLCO | ESLDO |
| ESLBO | ESLEO | |||
| ESLCO | ||||
| ESLDO | ||||
| ESLEO | ||||
| SCIENCE | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Science | SNC1D | SNC2D | ||
| Biology | SBI3U | SBI4U | ||
| Chemistry | SCH3U | SCH4U | ||
| Physics | SPH3U | SPH4U | ||
| MATHEMATICS | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Principles of Mathematics | MPM1D | MPM2D | ||
| Foundations of Mathematics | MFM2P | |||
| Functions | MCR3U | |||
| Functions and Applications | MCF3M | |||
| Advanced Functions | MHF4U | |||
| Calculus and Vectors | MCV4U | |||
| Mathematics of Data Management | MDM4U | |||
| HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Geography of Canada | CGC1D | |||
| Canadian History Since World War I | CHC2D | |||
| Economics: The Individual and the Economy | CIE3M | |||
| Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis | CGW4U | |||
| Canada: History, Identity, and Culture | CHI4U | |||
| BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Introduction to Business | BBI1O | BBI2O | ||
| Financial Accounting Fundamentals | BAF3M | |||
| Financial Accounting Principles | BAF4M | |||
| Analysing Current Economic Issues | CIA4U | |||
| Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals | BOH4M | |||
| International Business Fundamentals | BBB4M | |||
| FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Core French | FSF1O | |||
| HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Healthy Active Living Education | PPL1O | |||
| GUIDANCE AND CAREER EDUCATION | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Learning Strategies I - Skills for Success in Secondary School | GLS1O | |||
| Learning Strategies | GLE1O | |||
| Career Studies | GLC2O1 | |||
| THE ARTS | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Visual Arts | AVI2O | AVI3M | AVI4M | |
| Dramatic Arts | ADA2O | |||
| Visual Arts - Photography | AWQ3M | |||
| SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Introduction to Anthropology, Psych | HSP3U | |||
| Nutrition and Health | HFA4U | |||
| CANADIAN AND WORLD STUDIES | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Civics | CHV2O1 | |||
| COMPUTER STUDIES | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| Computer Science | ICS3U | |||
| Computer Programming | ICS4U |
