Students

Required High School Courses*

Students must take the following high school coursework to meet Oklahoma's Promise program requirements.* The Oklahoma's Promise Curriculum Worksheet (XLSX, 14k) can help students record their grades and make sure they have taken the right courses.

Get details about what high school courses count toward the Oklahoma's Promise curriculum (external link, opens in new window)external link, opens in new window.

Units

Courses

4
English (grammar, composition, literature; courses should include an integrated writing component)
3
Lab science (biology, chemistry, physics or any lab science certified by the school district; general science with or without a lab may not be used to meet this requirement)
3
Mathematics (Algebra I, Algebra II, geometry, trigonometry, math analysis, pre-calculus, statistics and probability [must have completed geometry and Algebra II], calculus, Advanced Placement [AP] statistics)
3
History and citizenship skills (including one unit of American history and two additional units from the subjects of history, economics, geography, government, non-Western culture)
2
Additional units of subjects previously listed or selected from: computer science, foreign language, any Advanced Placement course, psychology, sociology, or any concurrent liberal arts and science course at a State System institution
15
Total Required Units

*For students completing the CORE HS graduation requirements, the scholarship will cover at least a portion of tuition for certain programs that meet the requirements to be eligible for federal financial aid offered at an Oklahoma public technology center. The scholarship is only available to be used at career technology centers and is not transferable to a college or university.

Homeschool students and students graduating from a high school not accredited by the Oklahoma State Board of Education must also achieve a composite score of 22 or higher on an ACT test reported on an official test report issued by ACT (including superscores). ACT on-campus (residual) test scores do not qualify.