Course Selection Chart

To be granted an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), a student must complete 30 credits. Eighteen of these credits are compulsory. The remaining 12 are optional, allowing students to pursue their interests. Please click here for Diploma requirements. (Note: as some students are more successful when proceeding at a slower pace, they may choose to take up to 7 years to complete their 30 credits.)

Students pursuing an Ontario Secondary School certificate (OSSC) must complete 14 credits. 7 are compulsory and 7 are optional. Please click here for Certificate requirements.

Students working on a Certificate of Accomplishment (0-13 credits) will work on individualized programs with the opportunity to participate in some optional Open courses, either for credit or not for credit, depending on their abilities. Please click here for Certificate of Accomplishment requirements.

Decisions about which courses are offered are made by the school, considering the needs and interests of the students in our programs. If there is insufficient demand for a course in a particular year, students may be asked to make a second choice of courses. Brighton will consult with the student population when planning optional courses for the subsequent years.

To see full course descriptions, please click here to go to the Ministry of Education document. Click here for an explanation of course codes. 

Key: Compulsory Courses = Red, Optional Courses = Blue, Proposed future courses = Grey

Note: This table represents the selection of non-credit courses from which one or two per year may be selected to supplement the individualized curriculum for our students in the Certificate of Accomplishment program. Course selection will be determined by the teacher