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High School Graduation and <br />
College Admission Requirements <br />
Graduation Requirements<br />
To receive a high school diploma, students must fulfill state and district graduation<br />
requirements. State-mandated graduation course requirements, which are the state<br />
minimums, are as follows: three years of English; two years of mathematics (including<br />
Algebra I); three years of social science (including U.S. history and geography; world<br />
history, culture, and geography; one semester of American government; and one<br />
semester of economics); two years of science (including biology and physical science);<br />
two years of physical education; and one year of foreign language or visual and<br />
performing arts. Students successfully completing Algebra I in middle school must still<br />
complete a minimum of two years of mathematics in high school. Recognizing that<br />
these 13 years of preparation are state minimums, local school boards often set local<br />
graduation requirements that exceed these state-mandated requirements. Beginning in<br />
the 2005-06 school year, students are required to pass the California High School Exit<br />
Examination to receive a California high school diploma. (Please refer to the Testing<br />
section for information on <strong>this</strong> requirement and two methods of earning a high school<br />
diploma or its equivalent: the California High School Proficiency Examination and the<br />
General Educational Development test.)<br />
College Admission Requirements<br />
Students planning to apply to a four-year California public university are required to<br />
complete course work that exceeds the state-mandated requirements for high school<br />
graduation.<br />
High school students applying to a campus of the California State University (CSU)<br />
system or the University of California (UC) must complete four years of college<br />
preparatory English; three years of mathematics, including algebra, geometry, and<br />
intermediate algebra; two years of history–social science; two years of laboratory<br />
sciences; two years of the same foreign language; one year of visual and performing<br />
arts; and one year of academic electives.<br />
The University of California recommends that students applying for freshman admission<br />
complete three additional years of advanced study, one each in mathematics, science,<br />
and foreign language. The list of courses at each California high school certified by the<br />
UC system as meeting its freshman admission course requirements is located on the<br />
University of California Web site at https://doorways.ucop.edu/list. For additional<br />
information about the specific courses approved for admission by CSU and UC, review<br />
the admissions requirements for each system on the California Colleges Web site at<br />
http://www.californiacolleges.edu. The site also has extensive resources on planning for<br />
college.<br />
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