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College Pathways

Whether you’re a high school student planning your future or an adult looking to start fresh in a new career, 17吃瓜 has the resources to help you take that next step. We offers a wide range of programs and courses designed to prepare you for the workforce or to transfer to a four-year university. You’ll work with a college advisor who will help you choose courses based on your interests, goals, and life experience.

Our advisors have created the course selection guides below for reference based on possible career and major pathways. Whether you’re just getting started or changing direction, 17吃瓜 provides the guidance and support to help you succeed.

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Interested in a career related to:

  • Automotive Service Technician, Transportation Safety, Mechanic, Auto Body Repair *

    • – Automotive Service Basics *
    • – Automotive Brake Systems *
    • – Automotive Electrical *
    • * Courses have differential tuition, check with your high school first.

  • Biomedical Engineering, Computer Technology, Electronics Technology, Marine Technology, Programmable Logic Controllers, Robotics & Automation *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – CADD/Computer Modeling
      • – Intro to Engineering Technology
      • – Electrical Studies I
      • – Composition
      • – Fluid Power
      • – Intermediate Algebra
      • – Critical Thinking
      • – Physics of the World Around Us
      • – Microcontroller Programming
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Electrical Studies II
      • – System Engineering in Practice
      • – Composition II
      • – Intro to Geographic Information Systems
      • – College Algebra

  • Business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Management, Marketing, Sales *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Intro to Business
      • – MS Excel
      • – Macroeconomics
      • – Composition
      • – Principles of Marketing
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Business Law
      • – Microeconomics
      • – Composition II
      • – Principles of Management
      • – Probability & Statistics

  • Communications, English, World Languages, Author, Journalist, Teacher, Public Relations *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – American Sign Language I
      • – Interpersonal Communication
      • – Public Speaking
      • – English Composition I
      • – Adolescent Literature
      • – Intermediate Algebra (for education & teaching programs)
      • – Mathematical Explorations or
      • – Elementary Spanish I
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      •  – Professional Communications
      • – English Composition II
      • – Creative Writing
      • – Writing for the Media
      • – College Algebra (for education & teaching programs)

  • Construction Trades, Electrician, Plumber, Building/Facilities Management, Contractor, Cost Estimator, HVAC/R Specialist *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Introductory Craft Skills*
      • – Intro to Carpentry*
      • – Sustainable Building Design*
      • – Introduction to Electrical*
      • – Composition
      • – Intro to HVAC/R*
      • – Intermediate Algebra (for AAS degree programs)
      • – Mathematical Explorations (for certificate programs)
      • – Intro to Plumbing *
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Intro to Woodworking*
      • – Construction Blueprint Reading*
      • – Construction Supervision*
      • – Residential Energy Efficiency*
      • – Beginning Residential Electrical*
      • – Composition II
      • – Fundamentals of Heating*
      • – College Algebra (for AAS degree programs or transfer)
      • * Courses have differential tuition, check with your high school first.

  • Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Case Management *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Human Biology
      • – Interpersonal Communications
      • – Public Speaking
      • – Composition
      • – Medical Terminology
      • – Probability & Statistics
      • – Critical Thinking
      • – Intro to Psychology
      • – Intro to Sociology
      • – Modern Social Problems
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Composition II
      • – US History Since 1865
      • – World Cultures
      • – Ethics
      • – Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas
      • – Developmental Psychology
      • – Abnormal Psychology
      • – Gender & Society

  • Criminal justice: federal agent, lawyer, corrections, homeland security *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Intro to Criminal Justice
      • – Composition
      • – Mathematical Exploration (for Law Enforcement AAS degree or Police Academy)
      • – Intro to Psychology
      • – Intro to Sociology
      • – Marriage and Family
      • – Gender and Society
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Police Administration
      • – Criminal Law
      • – Juvenile Delinquency
      • – Survey of Corrections
      • – Evidence Criminal Procedures
      • – Composition II
      • – Abnormal Psychology
      • – Deviance & Criminal Behavior

  • Education, Child Development, Teaching

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Essential Biology
      • – Public Speaking
      • – Early Childhood Education
      • – Geography of US & Canada
      • – History of Michigan
      • – Intermediate Algebra (for teaching & education programs)
      • – Intro to Psychology
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Integrated Arts in Curriculum
      • – Intro to Education
      • – Children's Literature
      • – US History Since 1865
      • – College Algebra (for teaching, education & transfer programs)
      • – Intro to American Politics
      • – Developmental Psychology

  • Engineering *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Intro to Engineering
      • – Intro to Computer Science
      • - Engineering Graphics
      • – Composition
      • Math course in the Calculus pathway, based on placement
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – General Chemistry
      • – Statics
      • – Material Science
      • – Composition II
      • – Calculus II
      • – Calculus III
      • – Problems & Principles of Physics I
      • – Problems & Principles of Physics II

  • Forensic scientist, crime scene investigator, coroner *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Cultural Anthropology
      • – Cell Plan & Ecosystem Bio
      • – Intro to Criminal Justice
      • – Composition
      • – Intro to Prob & Stats
      • – Intro to American Politics
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Animal Bio
      • – General Chem I
      • – General Chem II
      • – Composition II
      • – General Physics I
      • – General Physics II

  • Graphic Design, Commercial Art, Fine Arts, Film & Media *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – History of Western Art I
      • – Drawing I
      • – 2D Design
      • – Game Development & Design
      • – Composition
      • – Museums of the Modern World
      • – Intro to Marketing
      • – Digital Imaging
      • – Digital Graphic Design I
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – History of Western Art II
      • – 3D Design
      • – Modern Art History
      • – Composition II
      • – Creative Writing
      • – Film as Literature
      • – Mathematical Explorations
      • – Materials & Techniques
      • – Web Design

  • Healthcare: Nursing, Surgical Technology, Dental Assisting *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Human Biology
      • – Composition
      • – Medical Terminology
      • – Mathematical Explorations (for Nursing at 17吃瓜, Surgical Technology & other specified degrees)
      • – Intro to Psychology
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Anatomy & Physiology I
      • – Anatomy & Physiology II
      • – Composition II
      • – Ethics or
      • – Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas
      • – Developmental Psychology
      • – Modern Social Problems

  • Helping Plants, Animals, and the Environment, Lakes & Natural Resources *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Human Biology
      • – Plant Biology
      • – Essential Biology
      • – General Biology I
      • – Composition
      • – World Geography
      • – Intermediate Algebra
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – General Biology II
      • – Macroeconomics
      • – Composition II
      • – Earth Science
      • – Physical Geology
      • – World Cultures
      • – College Algebra
      • – Environmental Ethics
      • – Intro to Water Quality

  • Information technology manager, cybersecurity, programming, web & app development, network support, artificial intelligence, computer science *

    • Developer courses:
    • – Programming Logic & Design
    • – Relational Databases
    • – Web Development
    • – Composition
    • – Composition II
    • – Intermediate Algebra
    • – Critical Thinking
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    • Infrastructure & Security Courses:
    • – Scripting & Automation
    • – Intro to Programming Using Python
    • – Networking Technologies
    • – Composition
    • – Composition II
    • – Intermediate Algebra
    • – Critical Thinking
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    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Programming Logic & Design
      • – Scripting & Automation
      • – Intro to Programming Using Python
      • – Composition
      • – Intermediate Algebra
      • – Critical Thinking
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Relational Databases
      • – Web Development
      • – Networking Technologies
      • – Composition II

  • Performing Arts, Musician, Performer, Audio Engineer, Sound Engineer, Composer, Dance *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • - Applied Audio Tech
      • - Dance Appreciation
      • – Composition
      • - Music Theory
      • - Sight Singing & Ear Training
      • - Class Piano
      • - Music Appreciation
      • - Class Guitar
      • - - Music Ensembles
      • - -  Applied Music Lessons
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • - Studio Recording I
      • - Digital Audio I
      • - Live Sound I
      • - Beginning Dance
      • - English Composition II
      • - Mathematical Explorations
      • - Music Theory
      • - Sight Singing & Ear Training
      • - Class Piano II
      • - - Music Ensembles
      • - - Applied Music Lessons

  • Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dental, Pre-Veterinary medicine *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – General Biology I
      • – Composition
      • – Medical Terminology
      • – College Algebra (for pre-med & healthcare transfer students)
      • – General Physics I
      • – Intro to Psychology
      • – Intro to Sociology
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – General Biology II
      • – Anatomy & Physiology I
      • – Anatomy & Physiology II
      • – General Chemistry
      • – Composition II
      • – Trigonometry
      • – Ethics or
      • – Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas
      • – Developmental Psychology
      • – Modern Social Problems

  • Pursuing 17吃瓜's police academy: Law Enforcement, Detective, Police/DNR Officer, Public Safety, Loss Prevention *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – Criminal Law
      • – Technical Writing
      • – Ethics
      • – Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas
      • – Comparative Politics
      • – Abnormal Psychology
      • – Deviance & Criminal Behavior

  • Welding, Machining, Manufacturing, Fabrication, Drafting & Design *

    • First Year/Intro Courses/Exploratory Courses:
      • – Printreading & Sketching
      • – Basic Metallurgy
      • – Composition
      • – Intermediate Algebra
      • – Fluid Power
      • – Math for Manufacturing
      • – Physics of the World Around Us
      • – Welding Theory I
      • – Welding Lab I
    • Love it? Follow up with:
      • – CADD/Computer Modeling
      • – Composition II
      • – Machining I
      • – Principles of Management
      • – College Algebra

Undecided or still deciding on a future career/major? *

  • Try these general education exploratory courses (start with 100-level courses):

    • Communications

      • – Composition
      • – Composition II

    • Humanities

      • – Art Appreciation
      • – History of Western Art I
      • – History of Western Art II
      • – Modern Art History
      • – Western Civilizations to 1500AD
      • – Western Civilizations from 1500
      • – US History to 1865
      • – US History since 1865
      • – African-American History
      • – American Women's History
      • – American Civil War
      • – The Vietnam War
      • – 20th Century Europe
      • – Introduction to Humanities
      • – Introduction to Humanities II
      • – World Cultures
      • – Children's Literature
      • – Introduction to Literature
      • – World Mythology
      • – British Literature I
      • – Science Fiction and Fantasy
      • – Film as Literature
      • – Adolescent Literature
      • – Music Appreciation Standard Lit.
      • – Music Appreciation Jazz
      • – History of Rock and Roll
      • – Theory of Music
      • – Theory of Music II
      • – Introduction to Philosophy
      • – Critical Thinking
      • – Ethics
      • – Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas
      • – Environmental Ethics

    • Mathematics

    • Sciences

      • – Planetary Astronomy
      • – Astronomy
      • – Human Biology
      • – Plant Biology
      • – Essential Biology
      • – General Biology I
      • – General Biology II
      • – Microbiology
      • – Genetics
      • – Anatomy & Physiology I
      • – Anatomy & Physiology II
      • – Introductory Chemistry
      • – General Chemistry
      • – General Chemistry
      • – Intro to Organic Chemistry
      • – Organic Chemistry I
      • – Organic Chemistry II
      • – Earth Science
      • – Life of the Past
      • – Physical Geology
      • – Historical Geology
      • – Meteorology and Climatology
      • – Watershed Science
      • – Physics of the World Around Us
      • – General Physics (Trig-based)
      • – General Physics II (Trig-based)
      • – Problems & Principles of Physics I (Calc-based)
      • – Problems & Principles of Physics I (Calc-based)

    • Social Sciences

      • – Cultural Anthropology
      • – Macroeconomics
      • – Microeconomics
      • – Introduction to Geography
      • – Geography of US & Canada
      • – Intro to American Politics
      • – Comparative Politics
      • – International Relations
      • – Intro to Psychology
      • – Developmental Psychology
      • – Intro to Social Psychology
      • – Human Sexuality
      • – Abnormal Psychology
      • – Intro to Sociology
      • – Modern Social Problems
      • – Gender and Society
      • – Deviance and Criminal Behavior
      • – Race and Ethnicity
      • – Mathematical Exploration (for Law Enforcement AAS degree or Police Academy)
      • – Composition

* – College Success is recommended as a first class, especially for 10th grade students, or students with a GPA less than 3.0.

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Katie Koester, Traverse City Central High School class of 2023

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Katie Koester
Traverse City Central High School class of 2023

"Being able to stay close to where I’ve grown up makes me feel more comfortable.... I’m excited to be a part of 17吃瓜 and see where life can take me.”

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Lower Dual Enrollment Tuition Rate

The new rate of $160 per contact hour for students from outside Grand Traverse County will allow hundreds more students to access a fast track to an affordable college degree by dual-enrolling at 17吃瓜 while still in high school, usually as a junior or senior. Read more here.

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