• increase student awareness of career opoportunities
• give students the ability to see connections from high school to college to career
• help students define and pursue appropriate educational plans for their career goals.

While still in high school, students taking courses in a pathway program can begin earning college credits that are articulated with area colleges. Credits earned will be listed in an articulation agreement.

The following is a list of pathway programs:

Arts and Media
Arts & Communications
Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content, including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.

Business / Finance / Entrepreneurship
Wholesale / Retail Sales & Services
Planning, managing, and performing wholesaling and retailing services and related marketing distribution support services including merchandise/product management and promotion.

Hospitality and Tourism
Planning, managing, and providing lodging, food, recreation, convention and tourism, and related planning and support services such as travel-related services.

Finance
Planning, managing, and providing banking, investment, financial planning, and insurance services.

Business & Administrative Services
Planning, managing, and providing administrative support, information processing, accounting, and human resource management services and related management support services.

Education / Human Services / Government
Education
Planning, managing, and providing education and training services and related learning support services, including assessment and library and information services.

Human Services
Planning, managing, and providing human services including social and related community services.

Legal and Protective Services
Planning, managing, and providing judicial, legal, and protective services including professional and technical support services in the fire protection and criminal justice system.

Public Administration/Government
Planning, managing, and providing government legislative, administrative and regulatory services and related general purpose government services at the federal, state, and local levels.

Engineering/Manufacturing/Construction
Information Technology Services
Designing, developing, managing, and operating communication and information technology networks and related hardware and software including both telecommunications and computing services.

Engineering and Technology
Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical, science, social science, engineering), including laboratory and testing services and research and development services.

Manufacturing
Planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control and maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.

Construction
Designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining physical structures and the larger environment including roadways and bridges and industrial, commercial, and residential facilities and buildings.

Transportation and Distribution
Planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipelines, air, rail, and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment, and facility maintenance.

Enviromental/Natural Resources/Agriculture
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Planning and managing agriculture, food, fiber, and natural resources systems. Production of agricultural commodities and other plant and animal products. Financing, processing, marketing, and distribution of agricultural products; farm production and supply and service industries; horticulture and landscaping services; the use and conservation of land and water resources; and the development and maintenance of recreational resources. It also includes mining and extraction operations and related environmental management services.

Health
Health Services
Planning, managing, and providing administrative support, information processing, accounting, human resource management services, and related management support services.