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Agricuture, Food & Natural Resources
Relates to the environment, food and natural resources: such as agriculture (including food systems), earth sciences, environmental sciences, fisheries management, forestry, horticulture, water resources, wildlife management and urban environmental management. The career learning area objectives blend long term needs of people and environmental values so the land will support diverse, productive and sustainable processes and products.
Arts & Communications
Includes a wide range of careers that involve the creation or transmission of information through the manipulation of a symbolic language. There is an emphasis on process and the concepts of creativity, integrity and aesthetic awareness. A product is usually associated with that process, but it is the process that retains primary importance.
Business & Management
Focuses on the business and entrepreneurial needs of Oregon's students as they prepare to enter and succeed in the world of business. The careers in this area span virtually every industry in the world. Studies in Business and Management focus on the commonalities among most businesses, including concepts like personnel management, marketing, planning, finance, and resource management. This area also includes careers in the hospitality and tourism fields.
Health Services
Relates to the promotion of health as well as the treatment of injuries, conditions and disease. These may include, but need not be limited to, preventative health care, medicine, dentistry, nursing, therapy and rehabilitation, nutrition, fitness, stress management and hygiene. The Health Services unifying concepts blend short and long term health care and prevention strategies so that people can pursue quality of life.
Human Resources
Those who work in the fields representing Human Resources need a common foundation of knowledge and skills that enables them to assess the complex dilemmas facing individuals and groups in unique situations, identify and weigh options and possibilities, and act in ways that are effective and socially-responsible. Careers in this area are very diverse and range, for example, from education to corrections, from law and government to fire and safety, and from child development to national security.
Industrial & Engineering
Relates to the technologies used to design, develop, install, operate, maintain and upgrade physical systems. These include, but are not limited to, engineering and related design technologies, mechanical systems, manufacturing technologies, precision production, construction, electrical systems and electronics and information technologies.
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