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Overlap Between UC/CSU “a-g” Requirements and Typical Career-Technical Education Sequence Table 1 represents the differentiation between (1) minimum requirements for high school graduation, (2) a typical or recommended career-technical education, and (3) the UC/CSU “a-g” subject area requirements. The recommended sequence of courses for career-technical education (CTE) programs is not clearly specified by the California Department of Education (CDE). There are several areas of CTE: agriculture, business and marketing, health, home economics and industrial and technical education. Each of these areas is divided into several disciplines (see Appendix A). Each of the disciplines has a different recommended sequence of courses for program completion. For some of the CTE paths, no recommended sequence is available. Thus, Table 1 represents a synthesis of agriculture, health, and home economics, the three areas about which specific course sequence information was available. CDE consultants in these areas strongly push students to complete a program that will lead to UC/CSU eligibility. Table 1: Comparison of HS graduation requirements, CTE recommendations, and UC/CSU “a-g” requirements Subject Area HS Graduation Requirements Recommended Career-Technical Education UC/CSU “a-g” Subject Area Requirements History / Social Science 3 years Including US history geography, world history/culture/geography, American gov’t/economics 3 years Including US history geography, world history/culture/geography, American gov’t/economics 2 years 1 yr world history/cultures/ geography, plus 1 yr US history/gov’t English 3 years 4 years 4 years College preparatory English Mathematics 2 years Including algebra 2-3 years At least algebra geometry; intermediate algebra for many paths 3 years Elementary algebra, geometry, intermediate algebra Laboratory Science 2 years Including physical and biological sciences 2-4 years Specific courses depend on CTE area of focus 2 years F