Career Clusters
1) agriculture: prepare and support individuals for careers, build awareness, and develop leadership for the food, fiber, and natural resource systems
2) arts & humanities: prepare individuals for creating, performing, and conducting literary, artistic, entertaining, and sporting activities, or to explore man and his culture through the study of philosophy, religion, literature, or language
3) business & marketing: prepare individuals to perform managerial, research, and technical support functions of business and prepare individuals to plan and execute the buying, selling, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services
4) communications: prepare individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to effectively communicate ideas and information
5) construction: prepare individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the constructing, inspecting, and maintaining of structures and related properties
6) education: prepare individuals for the practice of learning and teaching, and related research, administrative, and support services
7) health sciences: prepare individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills for maintenance of health, prevention of illness, and care of the ill
8) human services: prepare individuals for employment in occupations that relate to families and human needs
9) information technology: prepare individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the rapidly growing occupational fields of computer networking, programming, digital media, support services, and e-commerce/web design
10) manufacturing: prepare individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the production, maintenance, assembly, or repair of products
11) public service: prepare individuals to analyze, manage, and deliver public service programs including protective services such as police, fire and safety, postal services, and public utilities
12) science & mathematics: prepare individuals to apply scientific principles and mathematical knowledge and technical skills to research and development
13) social sciences: prepare individuals to study people and the culture in which they live, and to conduct research into human behavior including abnormal behavior, politics, language, lifestyle, and work
14) transportation: prepare individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to maintain and repair aircraft, land vehicles, marine vessels, construction equipment, and portable power equipment, and to provide other services for transporting people or materials
