There are two types of PAA courses – Pure and Survey.

A pure course is comprised of core (compulsory) and optional modules selected from the same PAA curriculum to a total of 100 hours. Pure courses are available at the secondary level only. Examples include Financial Literacy 20, Robotics and Automation 10, Life Transition 20 and Welding A30.

A survey course is a configuration of recommended modules from a minimum of three PAA curricula to create a middle-level course of 50 hours or a secondary-level course of 100 hours (1 credit). Six credits are available at the secondary level for PAA survey courses – A10, B10, A20, B20, A30, B30. Additional details regarding survey courses can be found in the Guidelines for Middle Level and Secondary Practical and Applied Arts Survey Courses section of the handbook.