OPHS Course Catalog
for the 2024-2025 school year
"The mission of Oak Park High School is to ensure a quality educational experience, which will develop the intellectual, personal, social, and cultural foundations of our students and instill in them a desire to achieve excellence."
Use the left-hand menu to explore course descriptions, useful departmental information by subject area, and information about outside courses for OPHS credits
Course descriptions ONLY also available as a PDF. [Last updated 01/25/2024]
*Note: Additional departmental information and interactive links not included in the above linked PDF. Use the left-hand navigation for the full Course Catalog experience.*
February 14: Counselor Presentation to Current OPHS Students
February 15: Open House/Course Advisement Night
February 21: Future Eagle Night (Link to Flyer)
February 21 - 25: Q/Student Connect Course Request Window for Current OPHS Students
February 26 - March 14: Current OPHS Student/Counselor
1-to-1 Course Advisement Meetings
February 27 & 29: Counselor Presentation to New-to-OPUSD Rising 9th Grade Students & Families
March 5 & 6: Counselor Presentation to MCMS Students
March 11 - 18: MCMS Student/OPHS Counselor
1-to-1 Course Advisement Meetings
March 15: New-to-OPUSD Rising 9th Grade Course Requests Due
April 18: Counselor Presentation to New-to-OPUSD Rising 10th-12th Grade Students & Course Requests Due
April 24: New-to-OPUSD Rising 10th-12th Grade Students Course Requests Due
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OPHS Graduation Requirements
The following are the minimum course requirements that must be satisfied in order to graduate from Oak Park High School. Our local board of education has established a total of 230 credits as the requirement for graduation from the Oak Park Unified School District. Please note that courses can only be used once to meet requirements.
ENGLISH - (40 credits) Four years including English 1, 2, 3 and 4.
HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE - (35 credits) Three and one-half years including: World Geography & Cultures, World History, U.S. History, Government, and Economics.
MATH - (30 credits) Three years including: Algebra and Geometry.
SCIENCE - (30 credits) Including Biological and Physical Science
PHYSICAL EDUCATION - (20 credits) Two years of P.E. All or part of the PE requirement may be earned through a PE class, or through a student’s successful participation in a school-sponsored interscholastic athletic team, including Marching Band, Color Guard, Drumline, Cheer, Stunt, and Dance Teams.
CAREER TECH ED OR VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS OR WORLD LANGUAGES - (10 credits) One year: The high school requirement may be met through any combination of 10 credit courses listed in our Career Tech Ed (CTE), Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), or World Language departments. *For students attending colleges in the UC/CSU system, the VPA requirement is a year-long class in a single emphasis area (e.g., visual arts, instrumental music, drama, choral music), and the World Language requirement is two years in a single language (e.g. ASL, Chinese, French, or Spanish).
HEALTH - (5 credits) One semester of Health.
GENERAL ELECTIVES - (60 credits) In addition to the requirements above, students must complete 60 credits of electives to meet the graduation credit total. Any courses not used to meet prescribed graduation requirements may be used to meet the general elective requirement, including additional academic courses.
TOTAL - (230 CREDITS)
Access Oak Park High School's UC/CSU A-G Course List HERE