Career Pathways

2025-2026 Academic Year

Career Cluster: Finance (FINA)

Program Area: Business, Finance, and Marketing Education (BFM)

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

Accounting (ACCT)

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)
BA10 Accounting I
Concentrator Option(s)
BA20 Accounting II
Career Pathway Major Options
WA06 CTE Apprenticeship FINA
WE06 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience FINA
WI06 CTE Internship FINA
WO06 CTE Cooperative Education FINA
WP06 CTE Pre-apprenticeship FINA
WS06 CTE Advanced Studies FINA
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
CC11 Microsoft Excel
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
An Association for Marketing Education Students (DECA)

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