Career Pathways

2025-2026 Academic Year

Career Cluster: Law, Public Safety, Corrections, & Security (LAW)

Program Area: Health Science Education (HS)

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

Emergency Medical Technology (EMMT)

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)
N/A
Prerequisite Option(s)
IP21 Emergency Medical Technology I
Concentrator Option(s)
IP22 Emergency Medical Technology II
Career Pathway Major Options
WA12 CTE Apprenticeship LAW
WE12 CTE Entrepreneurial Experience LAW
WI12 CTE Internship LAW
WO12 CTE Cooperative Education LAW
WP12 CTE Pre-apprenticeship LAW
WS12 CTE Advanced Studies LAW
Supplemental Employability Skills
0I00 IB Personal and Professional Skills
CC10 Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
ED45 Career Management
Supplemental Technical Courses
HU40 Health Science I
IP11 Public Safety I
IP51 Emergency Management I
Career and College Promise
Approved Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway
Career and Technical Student Organizations
SkillsUSA

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