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South Carolina Diploma Requirements
Effective March 24, 2006 – SC State Board of Education:​ ​Each student must earn a total of 24 prescribed units of credit or fulfilled all of the requirements for a local diploma (RATE) to participate in the commencement exercises. The requirements are distributed as follows:
Subject
Unit Requirements
English/Language Arts
4 units
Mathematics
4 units
*Science
3 units
US History & Constitution
1 unit
Economics
1⁄2 unit
US Government
1⁄2 unit
Other Social Studies
1 unit
Physical Education or JROTC
1 unit
Computer Science (including keyboarding)
1 unit
Career and Technology or Modern Language
1 unit
Core Units
17 units
Electives
7 units
Total Units
24 units
Please refer to the current Course Catalog for Higher Education requirements.
* Student must take and pass Biology (Biology CP, or Biology Honors) as one of the three required science unit
Student Honors
All end-of-year honors dependent upon class rank are calculated based on GPA in accordance with the South Carolina Unified Grading Scale.
Valedictorian and Salutatorian​: Calculation for naming the valedictorian and salutatorian will not be determined until the submission of grades for the final semester of the senior year. In order to be ranked for valedictorian and salutatorian, students must have been in attendance at Byrnes for second semester of the junior year and both semesters of the senior year.
Honor Graduates​: Those students who are in the top 10% of the graduating class at the end of first semester of the senior year based on 45-day enrollment. In order to be ranked for honor graduates, students must have been in attendance at Byrnes for both semesters of the senior year.
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