The Trend of Career Technical Education Courses Meeting University of California Admission Requirements

Trends by "a-g" Subject Areas

The chart below is a "Summary of California High School Career Technical Education Courses Meeting University of California "a-g" Admissions Requirements". It represents the continued increase in the number of Career Technical Education (CTE) courses that have been approved and offered for the last six years. It also reflects the growing interest of schools to offer CTE courses that have an academic component to their student body.

Categories	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10*	2010-11*
Number of Schools with UC Approved CTE Courses	819	871	927	981	1,340	1,446
Total Number of UC Approved CTE Courses	4,021	4,705	5,614	6,509	9,094	9,979
A – History/Social Science	21	24	32	42	47	54
B - English	19	19	24	25	19	19
C – Mathematics	05	05	07	06	12	15
D – Laboratory Science	684	752	954	1,033	1,348	1,469
E – Language Other Than English	02	02	05	00	310	459
F – Visual and Performing Arts	2,107	2,476	2,894	3,292	4,302	4,612
G – College Preparatory Elective	1,183	1,427	1,698	2,111	3,056	3,351
Number of Schools with No UC Approved Career-Technical Courses Offered	85	88	81	152	780	804
Total High Schools Reviewed	914	967	1,026	1,151	2,138	2,250

*Years include information from both public and private schools. All years prior includes information from public schools only.

Source: CDE California High School Career Technical Education Course report (doc).