Career Pathways

2025-2026 Academic Year

Career Cluster: Architecture & Construction (ARCH)

Program Area: Trade and Industrial Education (TI)

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

Solar Photovoltaics (SOLR)

Middle Grades Exploration
EY10 Exploring Personal Characteristics and Careers
EY11 Exploring Careers and Employment
EY12 Exploring Financial Literacy
EY30 Career Exploration
Foundational Prerequisite Option(s)
IC00 Construction Core
Prerequisite Option(s)
IC71 Solar Photovoltaics I
Concentrator Option(s)
IC72 Solar Photovoltaics II
Career Pathway Major Options
WA03 CTE Apprenticeship ARCH
WE03 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience ARCH
WI03 CTE Internship ARCH
WO03 CTE Cooperative Education ARCH
WP02 CTE Pre-apprenticeship AGNR
WP05 CTE Pre-apprenticeship EDUC
WS03 CTE Advanced Studies ARCH
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
N/A
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
SkillsUSA

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