NCAA College Sports
High School Academic Requirements
for Student Athletes
Students who wish to participate in NCAA sanctioned sports in college must meet academic eligibility requirements. Required core courses and registration information is available at eligibilitycenter.org.
Division I Requirements:
To be eligible to compete in NCAA sports during your first year at a Division I school, you must meet ALL the following requirements:
- Earn 16 NCAA-approved core-course credits:
- Four years of English.
- Three years of math (Algebra 1 or higher).
- Two years of science (including one year of lab, if offered).
- One additional year of English, math or science.
- Two years of social science.
- Four additional years of English, math, science, social science, world language or nondoctrinal religion/philosophy.
- Complete 10 of your 16 NCAA-approved core-course credits, including seven in English, math or science, before the start of the seventh semester.
- Complete your 16 NCAA-approved core-course credits in eight academic semesters or four consecutive academic years from the start of ninth grade.
- Earn a minimum 2.3 core-course GPA.
- Submit your final transcript with proof of graduation to the Eligibility Center.
Division II Requirements:
To be eligible to compete in NCAA sports during your first year at a Division II school, you must meet ALL the following requirements:
- Earn 16 NCAA-approved core-course credits:
- Three years of English.
- Two years of math (Algebra 1 or higher).
- Two years of science (including one year of lab, if offered).
- Three additional years of English, math or science.
- Two years of social science.
- Four additional years of English, math, science, social science, world language or nondoctrinal religion/philosophy.
- Earn a minimum 2.2 core-course GPA.
- Submit your final transcript with proof of graduation to the Eligibility Center.
Please visit the NCAA eligibility center for more information regarding NCAA eligibility and any changes due to COVID-19.
NCAA Approved Courses
Milford High School
English | Science |
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION | ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I |
COLLEGE COMPOSITION STD A | ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II |
CREATIVE WRITING | AP BIOLOGY |
ENGLISH 10 A | AP CHEMISTRY |
ENGLISH 10 HONORS | AP PHYSICS I |
ENGLISH 11 A | AP PHYSICS II |
ENGLISH 11 HONORS | BIOLOGY (HON) |
ENGLISH 12 A | BIOLOGY A |
ENGLISH 12 HONORS | BIOTECHNOLOGY/GENETICS |
ENGLISH 9 A | CHEMISTRY |
ENGLISH 9 HONORS | CHEMISTRY HON |
ESSAY WRITING | EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE |
JOURNALISM | ENVIR SCIENCE |
MODERN LITERATURE | GENETICS |
POETRY | GEOLOGY |
SHAKESPEARE | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
SPEECH | INTRO TO PHYSICAL SCI (HON) |
MARINE BIOLOGY | |
Social Studies | MICROBIOLOGY PRIN & PRACTICES |
AMER HISTORY 10 A | OCEANOGRAPHY |
AMER HISTORY 10 B | PHYSICAL SCIENCE A |
AMER HISTORY 10 HONORS | PHYSICS |
AMER HISTORY 9 A | PHYSICS HON |
AMER HISTORY 9 B | |
AMER HISTORY 9 HONORS | Foreign Language |
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY AP/HONORS | AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I STD A |
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY | AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II STD A |
CONTEMPORARY ASIA | FRENCH I STD A |
CRIMINAL AND TORT LAW STUDIES | FRENCH II STD A |
CURRENT GLOBAL TOPICS | FRENCH III STD A |
EUROPEAN HISTORY STD A | FRENCH IV HONORS |
HOLOCAUST STUDIES | FRENCH V HONORS |
INTRO TO ISSUES IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY | LATIN I STD A |
INTRO TO SOCIAL SCIENCE | LATIN II STD A |
MODERN WORLD STUDIES A | LATIN III HONORS |
MODERN WORLD STUDIES HONORS | LATIN IV PROSE HONORS |
US & NH CIVICS A | LATIN V POETRY HONORS |
US & NH CIVICS HONORS | SPANISH I STD A |
WE THE PEOPLE AP US GOV & POLITICS | SPANISH II STD A |
WORLD WAR II STUDIES | SPANISH III STD A |
SPANISH IV HONORS | |
Mathematics | SPANISH V HONORS |
ALGEBRA 1 | |
ALGEBRA 2 | |
ALGEBRA I - FULL YEAR | |
ALGEBRA III WITH TRIG HONORS | |
ALGEBRA III WITH TRIG STD A | |
AP STATISTICS | |
CALCULUS | |
CALCULUS AP | |
GEOMETRY | |
PRACTICAL TRIGONOMETRY | |
PRE-CALCULUS | |
PROB AND STATS H | |
PROBABILITY/STATISTICS |