Course Selection Chart

Students pursuing an Ontario Secondary School Certificate (OSSC) must complete 14 credits. 7 are compulsory and 7 are optional. Please click here to see the 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 more information on the Certificate of Accomplishment program.

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. For an explanation of course codes, click here. 

Key: Red = Compulsory Courses; Blue = Non-credit Courses; Italics = Optional credits.
Note: The OSSC (certificate) program also requires 7 additional optional courses, which will be selected on a yearly basis.

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Understanding Course Codes

Secondary courses are coded according to the Ministry of Education common course codes. The first character indicates the major subject area, as follows:

• A = The Arts
• B = Business Studies
• C = Canadian and World Studies
• E = English, English Literacy Development, English as a Second language
• F = French
• G = Guidance and Career Education
• H = social Sciences and the Humanities
• K = Alternative (non-credit)
• L = Classical, International and Native Languages
• M = Mathematics
• N = Native Studies
• P = Health and Physical Education
• I = Computer Studies or Interdisciplinary Studies
• S = Science
• T = Technological Education

The first three characters indicate the Ministry approved course title. For example:

• MPM = Principals of Mathematics
• SNC = Science
• CGC = Geography

The fourth character indicates the grade or language level:

Grades:

• 1 = Grade 9
• 2 = Grade 10
• 3 = Grade 11
• 4 = Grade 12

Languages:

• A = Level 1
• B = Level 2
• C = Level 3
• D = Level 4
• E = Level 5

The character in the fifth position indicates the course type:

• C = College
• D = Academic
• E = Workplace
• L = Locally Developed
• M = College or University
• O = Open
• P = Applied
• U = University
• N = Non-credit

A character in the sixth position indicates program or credit differentiation, or the focus of the course:

• 1 = Regular credit
• 2 = Beginner or introductory course
• 3 = Enriched course
• 4 = Extended French course
• 5 = French Immersion course
• 6 = Gifted course
• 7 = International; Baccalaureate course
• 8 = Self-contained ESL course
• 9 = Self-contained special education course
• 10 = Advanced Placement course
• A = Part 1 (0.5)
• B = Part 2 (0.5)

Health & Physical Education:

• F = course for females
• M = course for males
• 1 = co-ed course