Cybersecurity in Food & Agriculture, Advanced
This advanced course continues to focus on threats and security practices in the food and agriculture industries. The course will specifically address cryptology, threats associated with precision agriculture (PA), and vulnerabilities in livestock, flock, and crop production. The students will research future trends in cybersecurity and the use of artificial intelligence (AI), along with cybersecurity concerns related to agricultural marketing, distribution, business management, and financing. Additionally, students will explore careers related to cybersecurity in various agriculture, food, and natural resource industries. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.
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Course Sequences
A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.
Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36-week courses)
Career Clusters
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| Agribusiness Systems |
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| Environmental Service Systems |
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| Power, Structural, & Technical Systems |
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| Administrative Support |
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| Business Information Management |
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| General Management |
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| Teaching/Training |
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| National Security |
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| Regulation |
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| Health Informatics |
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| Information Support & Services |
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| Network Systems |
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| Programming & Software Development |
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| Web & Digital Communications |
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| Legal Services |
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| Manufacturing Production Process Development |
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| Engineering & Technology |
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