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CTE Course OfferingsRising 9th Grade Parent Night

What is CTE?

What is a Pathway? A sequence of 3 courses in one content area.

Pathways offered at Mill Creek for 2021 School Year:● Marketing Management● Sports and Entertainment Marketing● Sports Medicine● Audio-Video Technology and Film● Engineering and Technology● Nutrition and Food Science● Business Accounting● Game Design● Computer Science● Web and Digital Design

•We are offering 8 introductory level options for Freshmen

Introduction to Business Technology: Intro course for the Business Accounting pathway.

Students will gain a basic

understanding of common business

concepts.

Students will learn the basics of:

● Employability Skills

● Communication Skills

● Word Processing

● Intro to Entrepreneurship

● Leadership Skills

● Intro to Marketing

● Intro to Personal Finance

● Human Resources

Marketing Principles: Intro course for Marketing Management PathwayStudents will gain a basic

understanding of how we are

marketed to daily.

Students will learn the basics of:

● Target markets

● Selling

● Promotion and branding

● Legal and ethical behaviors

● Marketing career choices

● Pricing

● Market research

● Economics

● Product development

● Management

● International Marketing

● Distribution

Paired Marketing Principles and Sports and Entertainment Marketing: Intro course for Sports and Entertainment Marketing PathwayStudents will gain a basic understanding of

how we are marketed to daily through a

sports and entertainment lens.

Upon completion of the course students

will earn two CTE credits in one course.

Students will learn the basics of:

● Marketing Concepts

● Marketing Information Management

● Promotion

● Branding Concepts

● Financial Planning

● Product Marketing

● Components of Sports Marketing

● Entertainment Industry

● Selling Processes

● Legal and Ethical Behaviors

● Communication

● Distribution Channels

● Career Choices

● Marketing Plans

Introduction to Digital Technology: Intro course for Computer Science, Web and Digital Design and Game Design pathways.Students will gain a basic

understanding of information

technology.

Students will learn the basics of:

○ Problem Solving

○ Hardware

○ Software

○ Applications

○ Programming

○ Computational Thinking

○ Web Design

○ Cybersecurity

○ Networking

○ Robotics

EngineeringFoundations of Engineering•1st course in the Engineering Pathway

•No Prerequisite (open to everybody)

•Basic skills and principles of engineering

Engineering Concepts•2nd course in the Engineering Pathway

•Must PASS Foundations before taking this course.

•Physics and Math applied to units that prepare kids for futures in engineering fields

Engineering Applications•3rd Course in the Engineering Pathway

•Must have credit for Foundations and Concepts to take this course

•Advanced coursework in engineering design

Power and energy (Offered every other year)•Must PASS ALL THREE pathway courses before taking this course

•Units cover engines, hydraulics, pneumatics, and mechanical energy transfer

Foundations of Electronics (Offered every other year)•Must PASS all three pathway courses before taking this course

Health Science:Intro course to Sports Medicine pathway.

The course allows students to receive

initial exposure to Healthcare Science

skills and attitudes applicable to the

healthcare industry.

The course includes concepts such as:

○ Health, wellness and

preventative care

○ Ethical/Legal

Responsibilities

○ Medical Terminology

○ Microbiology

○ Safety & Infection Control

○ CPR: Basic Life Support

○ First Aid

○ Employability Skills

○ Healthcare Systems and

agencies such as OSHA &

CDC

Food, Nutrition, and Wellness: Intro course for the Nutrition and Food Science pathway.Food, Nutrition and Wellness is the

foundational course in the nutrition

and food science pathway. The focus

of the course is centered on healthy

food and lifestyle choices.

Students will get to cook things like:

● Chicken pot pie

● Homemade salsa

● Bourbon street Chicken

...And many more!

Career and Technical Student Organizations

For more information on any of the

courses in this presentation please email

Faith_Davenport@gwinnett.k12.ga.us