RCSJ is proud to offer high school students the opportunity to earn college credit through our Collegiate High School Career Pathways program.  

Career Pathways empowers students to earn discounted college credit while completing high school. Through flexible, career-focused pathways, students build a college transcript early, save time and money, and accelerate degree completion.   

Career Pathways

This Career Pathway provides expertise in ensuring products/services meet manufacturing standards, using methods like statistical analysis, testing, and process control. Students will be able to demonstrate skills in auditing, improvement, and implementing quality systems, helping professionals ensure compliance and enhance organizational quality.

Program Course Bank

ETEC 162 Quality Control

ETEC 118 Tools and Measurements

ETEC 105 Blueprint Reading/Sketching

ETEC 116 Workplace Ethics

MATH 103 Statistics

ETEC 163 CMM Precision Additive Manufacturing

Program Elective (choose one)

ENGR 110 Engineering Graphics

ETEC 102 Fundamentals of Engineering Technology Design

ETEC 103 CAD I: AutoCAD

Total credits: 16

This Career Pathway provides skills in designing, programming (Ladder Logic, Structured Text), troubleshooting, and maintaining industrial control systems (PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, DCS), blending electrical knowledge (schematics writing) with logic and process control, making you adept at automating manufacturing/industrial tasks for efficiency and reliability. This Pathway is eligible for a PMMI Certification.

Program Course Bank 

ETEC 107 Circuits I 

ETEC 205 Digital Electronics  

ETEC 109 Programmable Logic Controllers 

ETEC 116 Workplace Ethics  

CISM 217 Intro to Networks 

Program Elective (choose one) 

ETEC 227 Circuits II 

ETEC 111 Electronics 

ETEC 244 Instrumentation and Measurement 

Total credits: 17-18 

This Career Pathway focuses on the basics of electronics. Upon completion of this program, students will be able to: successfully employ test and measurement equipment, apply algebra to analyze simple electrical circuits, employ standardized industrial equipment such as PLC, and be capable to apply the principles of quality control.

Program Course Bank

ENGR 102 First Year Engineering Clinic I or Program Elective (see below)

ETEC 107 Circuits I

ETEC 205 Digital Electronics

ETEC 109 Programmable Logic Controllers

MATH 114 College Algebra or MATH 120 Pre- Calculus & Mathematical Analysis

Program Elective (choose one)

ETEC 105 Blueprint Reading/Sketching

ETEC 118 Tools & Measurement

ETEC 111 Electronics

Total credits: 15-19

This Career Pathway focuses on Electromechanics which is an interdisciplinary field merging electrical and mechanical engineering, focusing on systems where electrical signals control mechanical motion, or vice versa, using principles like electromagnetism to create devices such as motors, relays, and solenoids that power automation, robotics, and everyday appliances.

Program Course Bank

ETEC 227 Circuits II

ETEC 240 Pneumatic & Hydraulic Automation

ETEC 241 Robotics & Motion Control

ETEC 242 Advanced PLC

ETEC 244 Instrumentation & Measurement

Total credits: 16

This Career Pathway provides skills in programming (G-code) and setting up/operating computer-controlled machines (mills, lathes) to cut and shape materials, alongside crucial knowledge in blueprint reading, precision measurement, quality control, safety protocols, basic math, CAD/CAM software, and machine maintenance, preparing you for diverse roles in advanced manufacturing. This Pathway is eligible for a NIMS Certification.

Program Course Bank

ETEC 118 Tools and Measurement

ETEC 105 Blueprint Reading/ Sketching

ETEC 116 Workplace Ethics

ETEC 158 CNC Operator

ETEC 211 Advanced Engineering Tech Design

ETEC 160 CNC Programming

Program Elective (choose one)

ENGR 110 Graphics

ETEC 102 Fundamentals of Engineering Technology Design

ETEC 103 CADD I: AutoCAD

Total credits: 18

This Career Pathway is designed for students who are interested in or thinking about a degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering. This pathway gives students the opportunity to earn multiple industry certifications. The A.S. in Cybersecurity is a 3+1 eligible program.

Program Course Bank

CISM 217 Introduction to Networks

CYBR 229 Linux Installation & Configuration

CYBR 236 Cloud+

CYBR 240 Security+

MATH 114 College Algebra

CSCI 101 Introduction to Microcomputers

CYBR 241 Computer Forensics

CYBR 265 Ethical Hacking

Total credits: 14-18