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Arts & Communications Cluster

Recommended Course Sequences, Standards, and Competency Profiles for Job Clusters

The tables below represent recommended course sequences for the arts & communications cluster. The tables are provided to assist local school systems in scheduling students with various interests within the arts & communications cluster.

Job Cluster: Production - Design Artist & Photographer

Designing, producing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual arts and design, and journalism

Grade
Recommended Course Sequence
Standards
Competency Profiles
Student
Class
9
Career Management Success
word
word
excel
10
Visual Communications
word
word
excel
11
Digital & Design Imaging
word
word
excel
12
Graphic Communication I
word
word
excel

Job Cluster: Production - Printing Interest

Grade
Recommended Course Sequence
Standards
Competency Profiles
Student
Class
9
Career Management Success
word
word
excel
10
Visual Communications
word
word
excel
11
Graphic Communications I
word
word
excel
12

Graphic Communications II

Digital & Design Imaging

word
word
excel
word
word
excel

Job Cluster: Professional and Technical - Computer Technology

Grade
Recommended Course Sequence
Standards
Competency Profiles
Student
Class
9
Career Management Success
word
word
excel
10
Information Technology Foundations
word
word
excel
11
Computer Operating Systems & Hardware
word
word
excel
12

Networking

Cabling

word
word
excel
word
word
excel

Job Cluster: Professional and Technical - Web Page Interest

Grade
Recommended Course Sequence
Standards
Competency Profiles
Student
Class
9
Career Management Success
word
word
excel
10
Web Site I - Foundations
word
word
excel
11
Web Page Design II - Site Designer
word
word
excel
12
Web Page Design e-Commerce
word
word
excel

Job Cluster: Professional and Technical - Radio & Television Broadcasting Interest

Grade
Recommended Course Sequence
Standards
Competency Profiles
Student
Class
9
Career Management Success
word
word
excel
10
Media Concepts
word
word
excel
11
Electronic Media Production
word
word
excel
12
Electronic Media Management & Operations
word
word
excel

Job Cluster: Professional and Technical - Music Production Interest

Grade
Recommended Course Sequence
Standards
Competency Profiles
Student
Class
9
Career Management Success
word
word
excel
10
Audio Technology I
word
word
excel
11
Audio Technology II
word
word
excel