(students entering the 9 th Grade in/ after Fall of 2008-2009)
English Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
Career, Technical and Agricultural Education, and/or Modern Language/Latin, and/or Fine Arts
*Students must complete 3 units in a career pathway to complete CTAE pathway and take end of the pathway assessment.
*Students must complete 2 years of the same foreign language for admissions to a Georgia Board of Regents 4-year college/university
Health and Physical Education
Electives
Total Units
End of Course Test
4
4
3
3
3
1
4
23
(students entering the 9 th Grade in/ after Fall of 2008-2009)
Students who entered ninth grade for the first time between July 1, 2008, and June 30,
2011, may satisfy the GHSGT requirem ent for graduation by achieving proficiency
(meeting the standard) on one of the tw o End of Course Tests (EOCT) in each subject area (language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) or passing the corresponding subject-area GHSGT.

Mathematics o Coordinate Algebra o Analytic Geometry (Beginning Winter 2013 Administration) o Mathematics II: Geometry/Algebra II/Statistics o GPS Geometry
 Social Studies o United States History o Economics/Business/Free Enterprise

Science o Biology o Physical Science

English Language Arts o Ninth Grade Literature and Composition o American Literature and Composition
Georgia High School
Writing Test
Georgia High School
Graduation Test
The EOCT is administered upon completion of one of the above courses. For students enrolled in grade nine for the first time on July 1, 2011 or after, the EOCT counts as
20% of the final grade.
All students who entered ninth grade after July 1, 1991, must pass the Georgia High
School Writing Test (GHSWT) as one requirement for receiving a high school diploma.
The GHSWT shall be administered for the first time to students at the main administration in the fall of their eleventh-grade year and will measure their ability to communicate in a written format.
Students who enter ninth grade for the first time on July 1, 2011, or after shall not take and therefore are not required to pass the GHSGT.