STEM Academy

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STEM Academy Pathways

Civil Engineering

The Civil Engineering pathway prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of structural, load- bearing, material moving, transportation, water resource, and material control systems; and environmental safety measures. Civil engineers design, build, supervise, operate, and maintain construction projects and systems in the public and private sector, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and systems for water supply and sewage treatment.

Course Sequence

  • Engineering 1: 3D Design

  • Engineering 2: Robotics

  • Civil Engineering/Architecture

  • Transition to Engineering : (Transitional Credit through the University of Kentucky)

Industry Certifications

  • Autodesk Revit

Future Careers

  • Civil Engineer

  • Mechanical Engineer

  • Electrical Engineer

  • Robotic Engineer

  • Surveyor

  • CAD Technician

Industrial Electrician Assistant

The Electrical Construction Pathway prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems in residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring, DC and AC motors controls, and electrical distribution panels. The pathway includes instruction in the principles of electronics and electrical systems, wiring, power transmission, safety, industrial and household appliances, job estimation, electrical inspecting and inspection, and applicable codes and standards. Instruction includes the principles of electronics and electrical systems, wiring, power transmission, safety industrial and household appliances, job estimation, electrical testing and inspection, and applicable codes and standards.

Course Sequence

  • Electrical Construction 1

  • Circuits 1

  • Electric Motor Controls

  • Rotating Machinery

  • Electrical Co-op

Industry Certifications

  • OSHA-10

  • TRACK

Future Careers

  • Electrician

  • Electrical Inspector

Skilled Trades Construction Electrical Track

(Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky)

The Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky (TRACK) youth pre-apprenticeship program is a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technical Education and the Kentucky Labor Cabinet to provide secondary students with career pathway opportunities into Registered Apprenticeship programs. This pathway is to prepare students as entering apprentices in electrical in conjunction with the IBEW.

Course Sequence

  • Electrical Construction 1

  • Electrical Construction 2

  • Circuits 1

  • Electric Motor Controls

Industry Certifications

  • OSHA-10

  • TRACK

Future Careers

  • Electrician

  • Electrical Inspector

Cinematography and Video Production

The Cinematography and Video Production pathway prepares students to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the making and producing of videos and cinematographic expression. The pathway includes the theory of video, video technology and equipment operation, video production, video directing, video editing, cinematographic art, video and audio technique, and multi-media production. The pathway prepares students to function as staff, producers, directors, and managers of media programming and media organizations. Topics of study in this pathway include writing and editing; performing; media regulations, law, and policy; aesthetic meaning, appreciation, and analysis; construction, development, processing, modeling, simulation, and programming of audio, and moving image programs and messages; transmission, distribution, and marketing; contextual, cultural and historical aspects, and considerations.

Course Sequence

  • Introduction to Media Arts

  • Video Studio Fundamentals

  • Studio Directing and Performance

Industry Certifications

  • Adobe Editing Software

Future Careers

  • Video Producer

  • Video Director

  • Media Management