CAREER PATHWAYS
Career paths are clusters of occupations that require different levels of education and training. People working in a career path share interests, abilities, and talents. Career paths help students identify a career focus without being locked into a specific occupation.
Arts and Communications
Occupations in this path are related to humanities and performing, visual, literary, and media arts. These include architecture; graphic, interior, and fashion design; writing; film; fine arts; journalism; languages; media; advertising; and public relations.
Career Cluster: Arts, AV Technology and Communications
Business, Management, & Technology
Occupations in this path are related to the business environment. These include entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, computer/information systems, finance, accounting, personnel, economics, and management.
Career Clusters: Business, Management and Administration
Finance
Information Technology
Health Services
Occupations in this path are related to the promotion of health and treatment of disease. These include research, prevention, treatment, and related health technologies.
Career Cluster: Health Services
Human Services
Occupations in this path are related to economic, political, and social systems. These include education, government, law and law enforcement, leisure and recreation, military, religion, child care, social services, and personal services.
Career Clusters: Education and Training
Government and Public Administration
Hospitality and Tourism
Human Services
Law, Public Safety and Security
Marketing, Sales and Service
Industrial & Engineering Technology
Occupations in this path are related to technologies necessary to design, develop, install, and maintain physical systems. These include engineering, manufacturing, construction, service, and related technologies.
Career Clusters: Architecture and Construction
Manufacturing
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Transportation Distribution and Logistics
Natural Resources
Occupations in this path are related to agriculture, the environment, and natural resources. These include agricultural sciences, earth sciences, environmental sciences, fisheries, forestry, horticulture, and wildlife.
Career Cluster: Agriculture and Natural Resources