COURSE CODE: 6612

Computer Information Systems

SCED Code: 10005
Virginia Extended Description: II
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FBLA
Non-Traditional?: F

Students apply problem-solving skills to real-life situations through word processing, spreadsheets, databases, multimedia presentations, and integrated software activities. Students work individually and in groups to explore computer concepts, operating systems, networks, telecommunications, emerging technologies, and career opportunities related to the information technology field. 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.

Recommended prerequisite(s): Keyboarding or Digital Applications course(s) or teacher-approved demonstration and documentation of touch keyboarding skills.

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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
A/V Technology & Film
  • Audio and Video Technicians
Journalism & Broadcasting
  • Art Directors
  • Broadcast Technicians
  • Editors
Performing Arts
  • Lighting Technicians
Printing Technology
  • Desktop Publishers
  • Prepress Technicians and Workers
  • Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
  • Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Telecommunications

Pathway Occupation
Administrative Support
  • Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
  • Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
  • Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
  • Medical Transcriptionists
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
Business Information Management
  • Budget Analysts
  • Communications Equipment Operators, All Other
  • Desktop Publishers
  • Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
General Management
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Purchasing Managers
Operations Management
  • Administrative Services Managers
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Purchasing Managers
  • Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Pathway Occupation
Information Support & Services
  • Computer User Support Specialists
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Technical Writers
Network Systems
  • Computer User Support Specialists
  • Computer and Information Systems Managers

Pathway Occupation
Marketing Management
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Art Directors
  • Chief Executives
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Public Relations Managers
  • Retail Salespersons
  • Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Computer Hardware Engineers
  • Computer Programmers
  • Network and Computer Systems Administrators
  • Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Stockers and Order Fillers
  • Technical Writers
  • Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Pathway Occupation
Health, Safety, & Environmental Management
Sales & Service
  • Billing and Posting Clerks
  • Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Parts Salespersons
  • Customer Service Representatives

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