The SC General Assembly has established the requirement for a high school diploma in South Carolina at 24 credits.  

Please note that in order to receive credit for the courses taken, students must be present for 120 hours of seat time. Excessive absences can result in not receiving credit for courses taken which ultimately will result in either being delayed or not receiving a high school diploma. Unless extremely sick, do not even begin the habit of not attending as habits are hard to break. 

A student must earn a total of 24 units of credit distributed as follows:

Unit Requirements:

To meet the diploma requirements for students in a college preparatory program, one unit must be earned in a foreign language; and for students in a technology preparation program, one occupational unit must be earned.

To meet the program completer requirements for students in a college preparatory program, two units must be earned in a foreign language; and to meet program completer requirements for students in a tech prep program, four occupational units of instruction must be earned.

Students must attend the accredited high school issuing the diploma for at least the semester immediately preceding graduation.

Students must demonstrate proficiency in computer literacy before graduation.