Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) is preparing Georgia’s students for their next step after high school–college, beginning a career, registered apprenticeships, or the military. Georgia CTAE pathway course offerings, and the new Educating Georgia’s Future Workforce initiative, leverage partnerships with industry and higher education to ensure students have the skills they need to thrive in the future workforce.
Select CTAE programs are offered in the Jackson County High School campus, including Family and Consumer Science (FACS) and Work-Based Learning.
Employment in this field is expected to grow faster than average as a result of the increasing emphasis on disease prevention through improved dietary habits. A growing and aging population will increase the demand for meals and nutritional counseling agencies in hospitals, residential care facilities, schools, prisons, community health programs, and home health care.
1) Food, Nutrition and Wellness, 1 unit
State number: 20.41610
Prerequisites: None
Description: Food, Nutrition and Wellness is the foundational course in the nutrition and food science pathway. The focus of the course is centered on healthy food and lifestyle choices. Students will investigate the interrelationship of food, nutrition and wellness to promote good health.
Mastery of standards through project-based learning, technical skills practice, and leadership development activities of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) will provide students with a competitive edge for either entry into the education global marketplace and/or the post-secondary institution of their choice to continue their education and training.
2) Food for Life, 1 unit
State number: 20.41400
Prerequisites: Food, Nutrition and Wellness
Description: Food for Life is an advanced course in food and nutrition that addresses the variation in nutritional needs at specific stages of the human life cycle: lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood including elderly. The most common nutritional concerns, their relationship to food choices and health status and strategies to enhance well-being at each stage of the lifecycle are emphasized. This course provides knowledge for real life and offers students a pathway into dietetics, consumer foods, and nutrition science careers with additional education at the post-secondary level. There will be hands-on projects and lab experience.
* This course satisfies the fourth science requirement and it has been approved by the Board of Regents.
3) Food Science, 1 unit
State number: 20.41810
Prerequisites: Food for Life
Description: Food science integrates many branches of science and relies on the application of the rapid advances in technology to expand and improve the food supply. Students will evaluate the effects of processing, preparation, and storage on the quality, safety, wholesomeness, and nutritive value of foods. Building on information learned in Nutrition and Wellness and Chemistry, this course illustrates scientific principles in an applied context, exposing students to the wonders of the scientific world. Related careers will be explored. There will be hands-on projects and lab experience.
* This course satisfies the fourth science requirement and it has been approved by the Board of Regents.
