Career Pathways

2025-2026 Academic Year

Career Cluster: Business Management & Administration (BMA)

Career Pathways connect rigorous CTE coursework with real-world experiences preparing students for careers.
Work-based Learning (WBL) is an integral part of all Career and Technical Education courses in North Carolina to show curricular relevance to industry skills.

Public School Units (PSUs) are encouraged to strategically choose work-based learning strategies in alignment with unique needs, considering factors such as local employment demands, available program offerings, resources, and other pertinent considerations. Contact your local CTE administrator for more information.

WBL Courses with Academic Credit:

  • CTE Advanced Studies
  • CTE Cooperative Education
  • CTE Entrepreneurial Experience
  • CTE Internship
  • CTE Pre-apprenticeship
  • CTE Apprenticeship

WBL Activities without Academic Credit:

  • Guest speaker
  • Career fair
  • Job fair
  • Transition fair
  • Field trip (workplace tour)
  • Job shadowing
  • Mentoring
  • Service learning
  • School-based enterprise
  • Simulated workplace
  • Workplace challenge/Industry-sponsored project

Business Ethics and Law (BSEL)

Middle Grades Exploration
BY10 Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship
BY11 Exploring Economic Systems
BY12 Exploring Business Activities
BY13 Exploring Business Procedures and Leadership
EY10 Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers
EY11 Exploring Careers and Employment
EY12 Exploring Financial Literacy
EY30 Career Exploration
Foundational Prerequisite Option(s)
N/A
Prerequisite Option(s)
BB30 Business Ethics and Law I
Concentrator Option(s)
BB32 Business Ethics and Law II
Career Pathway Major Options
WA04 CTE Apprenticeship BMA
WE04 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience BMA
WI04 CTE Internship BMA
WO04 CTE Cooperative Education BMA
WP04 CTE Pre-apprenticeship BMA
WS04 CTE Advanced Studies BMA
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
BA10 Accounting I
CC11 Microsoft Excel
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
An Association for Marketing Education Students (DECA)
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

Entrepreneurship (ENTRE)

Middle Grades Exploration
BY10 Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship
BY11 Exploring Economic Systems
BY12 Exploring Business Activities
BY13 Exploring Business Procedures and Leadership
EY10 Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers
EY11 Exploring Careers and Employment
EY12 Exploring Financial Literacy
EY30 Career Exploration
Foundational Prerequisite Option(s)
N/A
Prerequisite Option(s)
ME11 Entrepreneurship I
Concentrator Option(s)
ME12 Entrepreneurship II
Career Pathway Major Options
WA04 CTE Apprenticeship BMA
WE04 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience BMA
WI04 CTE Internship BMA
WO04 CTE Cooperative Education BMA
WP04 CTE Pre-apprenticeship BMA
WS04 CTE Advanced Studies BMA
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
BF10 Business Essentials
CC11 Microsoft Excel
MM51 Marketing I
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
An Association for Marketing Education Students (DECA)
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

General Management (GMGT)

Middle Grades Exploration
BY10 Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship
BY11 Exploring Economic Systems
BY12 Exploring Business Activities
BY13 Exploring Business Procedures and Leadership
EY10 Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers
EY11 Exploring Careers and Employment
EY12 Exploring Financial Literacy
EY30 Career Exploration
Foundational Prerequisite Option(s)
BF10 Business Essentials
Prerequisite Option(s)
BB40 Business Management I
BI50 IB Business Management
Concentrator Option(s)
BB42 Business Management II
Career Pathway Major Options
WA04 CTE Apprenticeship BMA
WE04 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience BMA
WI04 CTE Internship BMA
WO04 CTE Cooperative Education BMA
WP04 CTE Pre-apprenticeship BMA
WS04 CTE Advanced Studies BMA
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
BA10 Accounting I
BB30 Business Ethics and Law I
CC11 Microsoft Excel
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
An Association for Marketing Education Students (DECA)
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

Office Administration (OADM)

Middle Grades Exploration
BY10 Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship
BY11 Exploring Economic Systems
BY12 Exploring Business Activities
BY13 Exploring Business Procedures and Leadership
CY01 Keyboarding and Basic Word Processing
CY02 Introduction to Office Productivity
CY03 Office Productivity Applications
CY04 Digital Literacy
Foundational Prerequisite Option(s)
BF10 Business Essentials
Prerequisite Option(s)
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
Concentrator Option(s)
CC11 Microsoft Excel
Career Pathway Major Options
CD10 Adobe Visual Design I
GS11 Project Management I
WA04 CTE Apprenticeship BMA
WE04 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience BMA
WI04 CTE Internship BMA
WO04 CTE Cooperative Education BMA
WP04 CTE Pre-apprenticeship BMA
WS04 CTE Advanced Studies BMA
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
BB30 Business Ethics and Law I
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
SkillsUSA
Technology Student Association (TSA)

Project Management (PMGT)

Middle Grades Exploration
BY10 Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship
BY11 Exploring Economic Systems
BY12 Exploring Business Activities
BY13 Exploring Business Procedures and Leadership
EY10 Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers
EY11 Exploring Careers and Employment
EY12 Exploring Financial Literacy
EY30 Career Exploration
Foundational Prerequisite Option(s)
N/A
Prerequisite Option(s)
GS11 Project Management I
Concentrator Option(s)
GS12 Project Management II
Career Pathway Major Options
WA04 CTE Apprenticeship BMA
WE04 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience BMA
WI04 CTE Internship BMA
WO04 CTE Cooperative Education BMA
WP04 CTE Pre-apprenticeship BMA
WS04 CTE Advanced Studies BMA
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
BF10 Business Essentials
CC11 Microsoft Excel
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
An Association for Marketing Education Students (DECA)
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
HOSA - Future Health Professionals
North Carolina FFA Association
SkillsUSA
Technology Student Association (TSA)
The National FFA Organization

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