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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 practice, compete and receive athletics scholarships in your first full-time year at a Division I school, you must graduate high school and meet ALL the following requirements:
 
  1. Complete 16 NCAA core courses at College-Prep. A or Honor level:
    • Four years of English;
    • Three years of math (Algebra I or higher);
    • Two years of natural/physical science;
    • Two years of social science;
    • One additional year of English, math or natural/ physical science; and
    • Four additional years of English, math, natural/ physical science, social science,
      foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy.
  1. Complete 10 core courses, including seven in English, math or natural/physical science, before the start of your seventh semester. Once you begin your seventh semester, you may not repeat or replace any of those 10 courses for GPA improvement.
  2. Earn at least a 2.3 GPA in your core courses (calculated using the NCAA method)
  3. Earn an SAT combined score or ACT sum score that matches your core-course GPA on the Division I sliding scale for students enrolling on or after August 1, 2016 (see Guide for College-Bound Student Athletes ).
 
Division II Requirements:
College-bound student-athletes first enrolling at an NCAA Division II school on or after Aug. 1, 2018, need to meet new academic rules to practice, compete and receive athletics scholarships during their first year.
 
  1. Complete 16 core courses
    • Three years of English;
    • Two years of math (Algebra I or higher);
    • Two years of natural/physical science;
    • Two years of social science;
    • One additional year of English, math or natural/ physical science; and
    • Four additional years of English, math, natural/ physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy.
  2. Earn a core-course GPA of at least 2.200
  3. Earn the ACT/SAT score matching your core-course GPA on the Division II full qualifier sliding scale (see Guide for College-Bound Student Athletes )
  4. Graduate High School
 
Please visit the Student Services Resources Page for more information regarding NCAA eligibility.
 
 
NCAA Approved Courses
Milford High School
 
 
English:
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMP.
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMP.
COLLEGE COMPOSITION STD A
CREATIVE WRITING
ENGLISH 10 A
ENGLISH 10 HONORS
ENGLISH 11 A
ENGLISH 11 HONORS
ENGLISH 12 A
ENGLISH 12 HONORS
ENGLISH 9 A
ENGLISH 9 HONORS
ESSAY WRITING
JOURNALISM
MODERN LITERATURE
POETRY
SHAKESPEARE
SPEECH
 
 
Social Studies:
AMER STUDIES 10 A
AMER STUDIES 10 HONORS
AMER STUDIES 9 A
AMER STUDIES 9 HONORS
AMERICAN HISTORY 10 B
AMERICAN HISTORY 9 B
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY AP/HONORS
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY
CONTEMPORARY ASIA
CRIMINAL AND TORT LAW STUDIES
CURRENT GLOBAL TOPICS
EUROPEAN HISTORY STD A
HOLOCAUST STUDIES
INTRO TO ISSUES IN WESTERN PHIL.
INTRO TO SOCIAL SCIENCE
MODERN WORLD STUDIES A
MODERN WORLD STUDIES HONORS
WE THE PEOPLE HONORS
WORLD WAR II STUDIES
 
 
World Language:
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I STD A
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II STD A
FRENCH I STD A
FRENCH II STD A
FRENCH III STD A
FRENCH IV HONORS
FRENCH V HONORS
LATIN I STD A
LATIN II STD A
LATIN III HONORS
LATIN IV PROSE HONORS
LATIN V POETRY HONORS
SPANISH I STD A
SPANISH II STD A
SPANISH III STD A
SPANISH IV HONORS
SPANISH V HONORS
 
 
Mathematics:
ALGEBRA I
ALGEBRA II
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
 
 
Science:
ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I
ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II
AP BIOLOGY
AP CHEMISTRY
AP PHYSICS I
AP PHYSICS II
BIOLOGY (HON)
BIOLOGY A
BIOTECHNOLOGY/GENETICS
CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY HON
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
ENVIR SCIENCE
GENETICS
GEOLOGY
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
INTRO TO PHYSICAL SCI (HON)
MARINE BIOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY PRIN & PRACTICES
OCEANOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL SCIENCE A
PHYSICS
PHYSICS HON