FACS: Indiana Career Pathways/Programs of Study

Indiana Career Pathways/Programs of Study

Use this site to build 4-Year Course Plans & Career Academic Sequences

Start with a Career Cluster - select one of the 16 Career Clusters in this chart (below).

Study the Career/Pathway Model for the selected Cluster (see links below each cluster icon),
then select a more specific Career Pathway from that cluster.

Or start with the Title of a Career, Occupation, or Job

Or start with one of the 81 Career Pathways

Glossary - Italicized terms and additional career terms.

Learn More Resource Center's Career Profiles, organized alphabetically by job title, provide job description, wage information,
employment outlook, education/training and licensing requirements, related occupations, military opportunities, & working conditions.

16 Career Clusters Career Clusters provide a way for schools to organize instruction and student experiences around sixteen broad categories that encompass virtually all occupations from entry through professional levels. The sixteen clusters are:
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Architecture & Construction Arts, A/V Technology & Communications Business, Management & Administration Education & Training Finance Government & Public Administration Health Science	Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Manufacturing Marketing, Sales & Service Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics
For more information on the Career Clusters, go to National Career Clusters website.

Indiana Career Clusters & Definitions	Career Focus Areas Pathways
	81 National Career Pathway Plans of Study, customized with Indiana courses
Cluster/Pathway Model	Agribusiness Systems Animal Systems Environmental Systems Food Products & Processing Systems Natural Resources Systems Plant Systems Power, Structure & Technical Systems
The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Construction Design/Pre-Construction Maintenance/Operations
Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Audio and Video Technology and Film Journalism and Broadcasting Performing Arts Printing Technology Telecommunications Visual Arts
Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Administrative & Information Support Business Financial Management & Accounting Business Analysis Human Resources Management Marketing
Business Management and Administration careers encompass planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Business Management and Administration career opportunities are available in every sector of the economy. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Administration and Administrative Support Professional Support Services Teaching/Training
Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Banking & Related Services Business Financial Management Financial & Investment Planning Insurance Services
Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Foreign Service Governance National Security Planning Public Management and Administration Regulation Revenue and Taxation
Executing governmental functions to include Governance; National Security; Foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxation; Regulation; and Management and Administration at the local, state, and federal levels. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Biotechnology Research and Development Diagnostic Services Health Informatics Support Services Therapeutic Services
Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Lodging Recreation, Amusements & Attractions Restaurants and Food/Beverage Services Travel & Tourism
Hospitality & Tourism encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Consumer Services Counseling & Mental Health Services Early Childhood Development & Services Family & Community Services Personal Care Services
Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Information Support and Services Interactive Media Network Systems Programming and Software Development
Building Linkages in IT Occupations Framework: For Entry Level, Technical, and Professional Careers Related to the Design, Development, Support and Management of Hardware, Software, Multimedia, and Systems Integration Services. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Correction Services Emergency and Fire Management Services Law Enforcement Services Legal Services Security & Protective Services
Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Health, Safety and Environmental Assurance Logistics & Inventory Control Maintenance, Installation & Repair Manufacturing Production Process Development Production Quality Assurance
Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Buying and Merchandising Distribution and Logistics E-Marketing Management and Entrepreneurship Marketing Communications and Promotion Marketing Information Management and Research Professional Sales and Marketing
Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Engineering and Technology Science and Math
Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services. BACK TO TOP
Cluster/Pathway Model	Facility and Mobile Equipment Maintenance Health, Safety and Environmental Management Logistics Planning and Management Services Sales and Service Transportation Operations Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning, Management, and Regulation Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations
Planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance. BACK TO TOP

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GLOSSARY - DEFINITIONS developed fall, 2003 for career guidance
CAREER ACADEMIC SEQUENCE	A career academic sequence is a flexible sequence of courses designed to help a student explore and prepare for a specific career area or group of related occupations. Career academic sequences are selected and defined by local school corporations and recommended for all students regardless of postsecondary intentions. A career academic sequence includes progressive exposure to the world of work, with some sequences leading to a certificate recognized by business and industry. A career academic sequence is flexible. As a student progresses in a sequence and learns more about a specific career area, he/she may: 1. Remain in the same career pathway throughout high school; 2. Switch career pathways to explore an additional career area; or 3. Enroll in a multi-credit career/technical program designed to help students develop knowledge and skills related to a specific occupation. Many multi-credit career/technical programs offer both high school and postsecondary credit.
CAREER ACADEMY	A learning community in which small groups of students with common teachers participate in integrated academic and career/technical courses related to a career focus area.Examples: Project Lead-the-Way (engineering); Finance Academy.
CAREER CLUSTER	A broad set of related occupations used when organizing career information, instruction, and student opportunities. Career Clusters provide a way for schools to organize instruction and student experiences around sixteen broad categories that encompass virtually all occupations from entry through professional levels. Resources such as KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS STRUCTURES and BROCHURES are available for each of the sixteen clusters. To read about the 16 national Career Clusters, go to http://www.careerclusters.org/
CAREER MAJORS	The Indiana Department of Workplace Development encourages community-based efforts to connect classroom learning with career preparation via Career Majors. By reinforcing rigorous academics with exposure to the workplace, the Career Majors approach broadens students' career choices and opportunities-showing them why school is important. Students get rigorous instruction in math, science and language arts, plus exposure to the workplace, helping them see how their classes relate to real life.
CAREER PATHWAY	A subset of related occupations within a career cluster. Example: Food Processing and Production is a career pathway found within the Agriculture Career Cluster
CAREER PROGRAM (PLAN) OF STUDY	A recommended sequence of general/liberal and career/technical courses related to a career pathway, used by students as a resource when developing their high school course plans. and includes a combination of: 1. one or more career pathways being considered by a student, 2. potential occupations the student is considering within that career pathway, and 3. the studentâ€™s supporting high school four-year course plan. In Indiana, the flexible career Program of Study (plan of study) is part of each studentâ€™s Guidance Portfolio that students begin in 8th grade.
CAREER PROFILES	The Learn More Resource Center (formerly ICPAC) provices detailed Career Profiles for many a great many careers, occupations, and jobs. The Career Profiles are organized alphabetically by job title. Each profile contains a snapshot (summary), job description, wages, employment and outlook, education and training, licensing requirements, related occupations, military opportunities, job openings, and working conditions.
FOUR-YEAR COURSE PLAN	An individualized course plan for the four years of high school related to the student's career major, this plan is a key component of the Career Program of Study
PROGRAM OF STUDY	As defined by Perkins IV, a Program of Study identifies options for students to use when planning course work and other education activities that lead to a career pathway. A program of study specifies secondary and post secondary courses, includes academic and CTE content in a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses, dual-credit oppportunities, and industry-recognized credentials or associate or baccaluaureate degree goals.
Using the above terms, the following statements apply: Students declare a *career focus area* based on their career interests. They use recommended *career pathways* and programs of study as resources when designing their four-year course plans for high school. The career plan is included in the student's guidance portfolio. Adults may organize career information and activities by *career clusters. They may also create career academies* as small learning communities related to specific career pathways.