Graduation will be authorized by the Board of Education and a diploma will be granted to all students who have earned a minimum of 215 semester units of credit during grades 9-12, pass the High School Exit Exam, and meet Irvine Unified School District diploma requirements.
Note: A course taken for a single block for a semester, or a double block every other day for a semester, normally earns five semester units of credit. A course taken for a double block every day for a semester, normally earns ten semester units of credit. A course counts in only one category. For planning purposes, the following is provided.
Content Area
High School
Diploma
Requirements
UC/CSU
Minimum Course
Requirements
English
May include 10 units of ELD 2
Class of 2010 = 30 Effective class of 2011 and beyond= 40
40*
Mathematics
20
Must include Alg I
30* Must complete Alg II
Science
20
20*
Social Science
30
30*
Social Science units must include:
World Studies
[10]
[10]*
American History
[10]
[10]*
American Government
[5]
[5]*
Economics
[5]
[5]*
Foreign Language
20*
Fine Arts
10*
Foreign Language or Fine Arts (10 units of one or 10 of the other)
10
Physical Ed
20
20
Health
Classes through 2011= 2.5
Effective class of 2012 = 5
2.5
U.C. Elective
Political Science & Economics may be applied towards this requirement
