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Mission of College Tech Prep:
The goal of College Tech Prep is to prepare students to enter the high wage, highly technical, and rapidly changing career fields available in the present and future workplace. College Tech Prep is a seamless educational program that begins in the 9th grade and continues through high school into the community college and ends with a student obtaining a 2-year Associate Degree, 2-year Certificate, or completion of a 2-year registered apprenticeship. College Tech Prep combines a rigorous academic (Math, Science, & Communication) core of courses with a focused sequence of technical courses in a career pathway. Students who excel in their high school technical courses may receive college credit for introductory college classes when those classes have comparable competencies. High school College Tech Prep students may align their high school courses to any Associate in Applied Science Degree program at the community college. Eligible College Tech Prep curricula are found in all ten of the occupational career pathways.
North Carolina’s Definition of a Tech Prep Student
In North Carolina a Tech Prep student is a student who completes (at a minimum) the following course-of-study while in high school:
| English | 4 credits English, I, II, III, IV |
| Mathematics | 3 credits Algebra. I, Geometry, Algebra II or Algebra I, Technical Math I, and Technical Math II or Integrated Math I, Integrated Math II, and Integrated Math III |
| Science | 3 credits a physical science (related to career pathway) Biology earth/environmental science |
| Social Studies | 3 credits Government/Economics US History World Studies |
| Health & Physical Education | 1 credit Health & Physical Education |
| Career/Technical | 4 credits Select four units of technical credit in one of ten career pathways to include a second level (advanced) course |
| Electives or other requirements | 2 elective credits |
The above is the definition of a high school Tech Prep student. A community college Tech Prep student would be any student enrolled in a 2-year Associate Degree program or a 2-year Certificate program at a NC community college who completed a Tech Prep course-of-study while in high school.
A high school student who completes a high school Tech Prep course-of-study and registers in a formal 2-year apprenticeship following their high school graduation is also considered a Tech Prep student.
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