The Advanced Studies Diploma requires three or four (3 or 4) Elective Credits while the Standard Diploma requires six (6) Elective Credits.
Advanced Studies Diploma Electives Requirements
Students can satisfy the sequential elective requirement with any two of the three required elective credits that demonstrate a progression in the study of a specific field (not two introductory courses) from any discipline.
The two sequential electives may be in any discipline as long as the courses are not specifically required for graduation in 8VAC20-131-51 of the standards. Students may take the focused sequence of elective courses in consecutive years or any two years of high school.
Students can satisfy the World Language requirement for the Advanced Diploma with either three years of one language or two years each of two languages.
If using World Language courses to meet both the sequential elective requirement and the World Language graduation requirement for an Advanced Studies diploma, students would need a total of five credits in World Language; either five credits of the same language, or (if taking two different languages) two credits of one language and three credits of another language.
Standard Diploma Elective Requirements
Students can satisfy the sequential elective requirement with any two credits that demonstrate a progression in the study of a specific field (not two introductory courses) from any discipline.
The two sequential electives may be in any discipline as long as the courses are not specifically required for graduation in 8VAC20-131-51 of the standards. Students may take the focused sequence of elective courses in consecutive years or any two years of high school.
In addition to the two required sequential elective credits, students will need to satisfy the CTE/Visual and Performing Arts/World Language requirement by taking any of the following combinations:
- One CTE credit and one Visual and Performing Arts credit.
- One CTE credit and one World Language credit.
- One Visual and Performing Arts credit and one World Language credit.
- Two CTE credits.
- Two Visual and Performing Arts credits.
Use the presentation below to see what Elective courses are offered at Patriot High School.