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Careers: Careers: Talking The Talking The

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Non-degreed programs one to two years in length and are geared toward employment in a particular field.

Answer: What is a Diploma Program?

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A degree awarded after a two year program of study is successfully completed.

Answer: What is an Associates Degree?

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A degree awarded after a four year program of study is successfully completed.

Answer: What is a Bachelors Degree?

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Institutions of learning that offer associate of applied science degrees and diploma programs in a variety of

career-related fields.

Answer: What are Technical Institutes?

Institutions of higher education which grant academic degrees at all levels and in a variety of subjects.

Answer: What are Universities?

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Short, unpaid visits to a variety of workplaces to learn more about the requirements of

certain occupations.

Answer: What is a job shadow?

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High school organizations for students enrolled in CTE programs that offer opportunities for leadership

and other skill development.

Answer: What are career technical student organizations?

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A program that involves working in a chosen career field for a semester during school to learn more

about the job requirements.

Answer: What is a youth internship program?

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Programs for high school students to improve their basic skills and learn more about an occupation before applying to an apprenticeship program.

Answer: What is a pre-apprenticeship program?

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A high school student is paired with an expert in his/her selected career cluster to learn more about

the business.

Answer: What is a mentorship?

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Credit awarded for 15 hours of class time and successful completion of a post-secondary

education course.

Answer: What is a college credit?

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An exam covering math, science, and language arts given by American College Testing that is used as a

partial entrance requirement for college.

Answer: What is the ACT exam?

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The number assigned to the average of grades from student coursework. Computed by the number of points (A=4, B=3, C=2, and D=1) divided by the

number of total credit hours for the semester.

Answer: What is GPA?

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College level courses offered at high schools that allow students to receive college credit.

Answer: What are AP classes?

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“Extra-help” college courses in math and language arts that under-prepared students must complete

before enrolling for “regular” college classes.

Answer: What is remedial coursework?

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Credits obtained from both the high school and the college for the same course when standards for both

have been met.

Answer: What is dual credit?

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A process for linking two or more educational systems to help students make a smooth transition

without experiencing duplication of courses, or loss of credit.

Answer: What is articulation?

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An exchange agreement between post-secondary schools where the same tuition rate is charged.

Answer: What is reciprocity?

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A scholarship aimed at keeping South Dakota students in-state for their post-secondary education and future careers. It covers 16 credit hours of tuition and fees.

 Answer: What is the Dakota Corp Scholarship?

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A scholarship that provides $5,000 over four years to a student who has completed the Regents Scholar curriculum, has a GPA of 3.0 and has earned at least

a 24 on the ACT.

Answer: What is the SD Opportunity Scholarship?

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Broad groupings of occupations that serve as an organizing tool for all careers.

Answer: What are career clusters?

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A plan for high school and post-secondary coursework based on a chosen career cluster.

Answer: What are personal learning plans?

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Areas of concentrations within career clusters that require similar academic and technical skills.

Answer: What are career pathways?

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Results from this assessment are used to match interests and abilities to career areas.

Answer: What is a career interest and aptitude assessment?

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South Dakota students may select from these course plans as a part of graduation requirements: standard,

advanced and distinguished.

Answer: What are SD Graduation Pathways?

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