Collegiate High School Career Pathways
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