COURSE CODE: 8291

Cybersecurity in Family and Consumer Sciences

SCED Code: 19299
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FCCLA
Non-Traditional?: F

Students will examine how cybersecurity affects family and work life. The course focuses on the identification and management of cybersecurity threats, protective measures, responses, and investigations in Family and Consumer Sciences. 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.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Visual Arts
  • Fashion Designers
  • Interior Designers
  • Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

Pathway Occupation
Administration & Administrative Support
  • Training and Development Managers
Professional Support Services
  • Audiologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
Teaching/Training
  • Childcare Workers
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
  • Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
  • Special Education Teachers, All Other
  • Teaching Assistants, All Other

Pathway Occupation
Lodging
  • Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
  • Concierges
  • Lodging Managers
  • Marketing Managers
Recreation, Amusements & Attractions
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Recreation Workers
  • Retail Salespersons
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services
  • Cooks, All Other
  • Facilities Managers
  • Food Service Managers
  • Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Travel & Tourism
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Tour Guides and Escorts
  • Travel Agents

Pathway Occupation
Consumer Services
Counseling & Mental Health Services
  • Dietitians and Nutritionists
  • Health Education Specialists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
  • Rehabilitation Counselors
  • Social and Human Service Assistants
  • Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
Early Childhood Development & Services
  • Childcare Workers
  • Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
  • Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
  • Teaching Assistants, All Other
Family & Community Services
  • Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
  • Rehabilitation Counselors
  • Social and Community Service Managers
  • Social and Human Service Assistants
Personal Care Services
  • Barbers
  • Embalmers
  • Funeral Attendants
  • Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other

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