Degrees
A college degree that can be completed in two years of full-time enrollment.
What is an Associate Degree?
A short term work opportunity that may be paid or unpaid and allows an individual to get experience in a career in which they are interested.
What is an internship?
A document showcasing your experiences and skills for use in applying for a job, a scholarship, or to a postsecondary program.
What is a resume?
The type of degree/program typically required to be a doctor.
What is a doctorate?
A college degree that typically takes four or more years to complete.
What is a Bachelor degree?
A longer term program with an employer or organization to get training in a specific field, like plumbing or carpentry.
What is an apprenticeship?
What are people who can be listed on your job application to speak about your skills and work habits?
What are references?
The type of training typically required to be an electrician.
What is an apprenticeship?
A type of degree a student begins after finishing a Bachelor degree in order to be a doctor, dentist, university professor, etc.
What is a Doctorate degree?
Learning that happens once you have been hired for a job and are coached on how to do the work.
What is on-the-job training?
Funding that can be used to help pay for post-secondary training if students apply for it.
What is financial aid?
The minimum type of degree/training typically required to be a IT Help Desk Technician.
What is a certificate program?
A post-secondary program that is typically short term, like 6-12 months, and focused on career-related skills and training.
What is a certificate program?
At a two or four year college, a common name for the group of classes chosen as a specialty. Examples are "engineering" or "accounting."
What is a major?
The document sent by your high school to your potential postsecondary programs that shows the classes you took in high school and the grades you received.
What is a transcript?
The minimum type of degree/training required to start as a Registered Nurse.
What is an Associate degree?
The process of starting at one college or university and then moving to a different school and using completed credit toward a degree at the new institution.
What is transferring?
A collection of examples of your work, certificates from training programs, and any documentation related to your experiences.
What is a portfolio?
This is frequently sent along with a resume when you apply for a job.
What is a cover letter?
A program you could take in high school if you were interested in welding or construction.
What is CTE - Career and Technical Education? (Previously called EFE)