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Career Technical Education FAQsQ: Does UC accept career-technical education courses to meet the "a-g" subject area requirements? A: Yes. To date, UC has approved hundreds of career-technical education (CTE) courses that meet the "a-g" requirements. In determining the acceptability of a CTE course, UC applies the same faculty guidelines that we apply to academic courses. Specifically, courses must fall within one of the "a-g" subject areas, must be academically challenging, must prepare students for success in lower division courses at UC, and must meet the specific subject area guidelines articulated by the faculty (described on this web site). Q: What are some examples of approved career-technical courses? A: This web site was initially developed (in 2000) to highlight the range of career-technical education courses that UC has approved over the years. In the Course Descriptions portion of this web site, you can search by career pathways and see a sampling of approved courses. Please note that the downloadable course descriptions serve simply as examples; they are not necessarily exemplary. As you will note, examples range from business economics and veterinary science to graphic design and robotics. A: Yes. UC/CSU eligibility and career-technical education are not mutually exclusive paths for students. It is certainly feasible for a student to simultaneously follow both paths. The attached document [MS Word] provides a complete analysis of the overlap between the "a-g" requirements and career-technical education. A: While conducting dozens of workshops and presentations with CTE educators around the state, and reviewing hundreds of CTE courses submitted to UC for "a-g" approval, we have seen that those integrating academic and CTE course content tend to take one of two approaches: (1) infusing additional academic content into an existing CTE course, or (2) starting with an academic course and inserting topical career-technical applications in approprite places. Although the latter approach is much less common, and the career-technical educator risks giving up more of his/her prefered curriculum, it is much more apt to result in a course that will be granted "a-g" approval. Q: How many career-technical courses have been approved to satisfy the "a-g" subject requirements? A: UC does not categorize as academic or career-technical the courses that are approved to satisfy "a-g" approval. If a course is substantially rigorous and meets UC faculty guidelines, then it is approved, no matter what the educational intent of the course. Thus, UC does not keep a count of the number of CTE courses that have been approved. However, the California Department of Education has released a report called "CDE-UC Approved CTE Courses 2006-07" (October 1, 2006) [MS Word]. In it, they report that 4,705 CTE courses have been approved to satisfy the "a-g" requirements. To request that a question be added to this section, submit your question to .
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