Graduation Requirements

A student may satisfy the science graduation requirements completing any one of the paths indicated below. Students planning to further their formal education beyond high school should plan to take four years of science. 

• Regents Diploma*: Successfully complete three units of credit in science and one commencement level Regents Examination in science. 

• Regents Diploma with an Advanced Designation*: Successfully complete three units of credit in science and two commencement level Regents Examinations in science (one Regents exam in Life Science and one in Physical Science) 

• Regents Diploma with an Advanced Designation, with a Mastery Level Notation in Science*: Successfully fulfill all of the requirements for a Regents Diploma with an Advanced Designation and earn at least an 85% or better on each of the three Regents Exams in science. 

*A student will be awarded a Regents Diploma with Honors or a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation with Honors if the student achieves an average of 90 percent in all Regents Examinations required for the diploma.