COURSE CODE: 8430

Civil Engineering and Architecture (PLTW)

SCED Code: 21021
Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: TSA
Non-Traditional?: F

In this specialization course for Project Lead the Way (PLTW), students collaborate on both the development of community-based building and design projects and conceptual design for project presentations. 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.

Notes

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum guides and course competencies are only available to PLTW-affiliated schools through agreement with PLTW. To obtain additional information, contact: Project Lead The Way, 3939 Priority Way South Drive, Suite 400, Indianapolis IN 46240. Toll-free: 877-335-7589. Online: https://www.pltw.org

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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.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Construction
  • Construction Managers
  • Construction and Building Inspectors
  • Project Management Specialists
Design/Pre-Construction
  • Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
  • Civil Engineers
Maintenance/Operations
  • Construction Managers
  • Project Management Specialists

Pathway Occupation
Planning
  • Urban and Regional Planners
Regulation

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
  • Civil Engineers
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Petroleum Engineers
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Statisticians
  • Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Science & Mathematics
  • Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

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