North Dakota's Technology Education program focuses on three major content areas: Communications, Production, and Energy and Transportation. Five courses are required for an approved program under the State Board for Career and Technical Education guidelines. Those courses are:
| 10003 |
Technology Innovation |
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| Level: |
5-6 |
| Content: |
This is an activity-based course that focuses on innovation and provides tools and methods to empower students to use technology. |
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| 10004 |
Design, Technology and Engineering |
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| Level: |
5-6 |
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This is an activity-based course that involves the design process while providing an introduction to tools and methods that will expand the range of activities possible through the use of technology. |
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| 10006 |
Applying Technology |
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| Level: |
7-8 |
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This is an activity-based course addressing all 20 of the Standard for Technological Literacy using primarily a modular classroom environment. |
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| 10007 |
Invention and Innovation |
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| Level: |
7-8 |
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Students participate in engineering design activities to understand how criteria, constraints and processes affect designs. Brainstorming, visualizing, modeling, constructing, testing and refining designs will be studied. This is a recommended course for all middle school programs. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10008 |
Technological Systems |
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| Level: |
7-8 |
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Students participate in technological systems; their design, development and connections with other systems. They create, test and evaluate systems, such as transportation, information and biotechnology systems. This is a recommended course for all middle school programs. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10105 |
Exploring Technology |
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7-8 |
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Students develop an understanding of the progression and scope of technology through exploratory experiences. Through group and individual activities, students experience ways in which technological knowledge and processes contribute to effective designs and solutions to technological problems. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10091 |
Individual Technical Problems |
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| Level: |
11-12 |
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½ or 1 |
| Content: |
To provide a course for schools who can't offer other specified course titles. Experiences are to be identified and developed on a contractual basis by the student and approved by the instructor. |
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| 10093 |
Applying Technology |
| Level: |
9-12 |
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½ or 1 |
| Content: |
This is an activity-based course addressing all 20 of the Standards for Technological Literacy using primary a modular classroom environment. |
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| 10094 |
Foundations of Technology |
| Level: |
9-12 |
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½ or 1 |
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Technology consists of key concepts and processes. Students learn that technology is the basis for all that we have and do. Students design and develop innovations and engineer solutions to gain an understanding of technology. Mathematics and science contribute to the unit topics. This is a recommended course for all high school programs. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10095 |
Impacts of Technology |
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9-12 |
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½ or 1 |
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Students develop skills to systematically assess technology. Students practice approaches to assess technology using analytical thinking, decision-making and techniques for redesigning. This is a recommended course for all high school programs. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10096 |
Technological Issues |
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| Level: |
9 - 12 |
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½ or 1 |
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Students investigate critical historical and emerging issues affecting the creation, development, use and control of technology. Students will use case studies, simulations, research, design and problem solving and group discussions and presentations to address complex issues and propose alternative solutions to technical developments. This is a recommended course for all high school programs. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10110 |
Production Technology |
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| Level: |
9-11 |
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½ or 1 |
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This activity is an activity-based course that provides students with a general introduction to the material processing and management components of a production activity. The major emphasis is placed on the production and management processes used to convert resources into structures, goods, and services. Students will become aware of the social and environmental impacts of technology. |
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| 10111 |
Construction Technology |
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| Level: |
9-10 |
| Credit: |
½ or 1 |
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To study the technology involved in the construction of residential and industrial structures. Study will include designing, planning, and constructing structures using various materials and methods. |
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| 10121 |
Manufacturing Technology |
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| Level: |
9-10 |
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½ or 1 |
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To provide students with a broad overview of the technology involved in creation and production of consumer products. Study will involve techniques and processes used to produce goods including manufacturing systems, materials, planning, financing, and distribution. |
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| 10251 |
Communication Technology |
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| Level: |
9-10 |
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½ or 1 |
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This is an activity-based course that provides the application of tools, materials and energy in developing, processing, using and assessing communication systems. Students will produce graphic and electronic media as they explore techniques used to apply technology communicating information and ideas. |
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| 10259 |
Design/Drafting |
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| Level: |
10-12 |
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½ or 1 |
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An evolving study of modern drafting within the framework of communication technology. The course provides an experience in design and drafting as it applies in an industrial environment. |
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| 10331 |
Energy/Transportation Technology |
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| Level: |
9-10 |
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½ or 1 |
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The study of technology and contribution of those industries concerned with energy production and transportation. An area of study involving the conversion of energy into power and the transmission, control, and storage of power. Transportation systems will also be studied. |
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| 10338 |
ProBase Advanced Design Applications |
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| Level: |
11-12 |
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½ or 1 |
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This is a standards-based, engineering-related course providing an engineering or technical base for students. It consists of four separate learning units, each nine weeks in length: Manufacturing Technologies, Energy and Power Technologies, Construction Technologies and Transportation Technologies. Each unit has a primary challenge or design problem that is supported in separate learning cycles. The course allows students to focus on solutions to problems, with minimal constraints. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10339 |
ProBase Advanced Technological Applications |
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| Level: |
11-12 |
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½ or 1 |
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This is a standards-based, engineering-related course providing an engineering or technical base for students. It consists of four separate learning units, each nine weeks in length: Information and Communication Technologies, Medical Technologies, Agriculture and Related Biotechnologies and Entertainment and Recreation Technologies. Each unit has a primary challenge or design problem that is supported in separate learning cycles. The course allows students to focus on solutions to problems, with minimal constraints. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10410 |
Engineering Technology |
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| Level: |
10-12 |
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½ or 1 |
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This is an activity-based course that provides orientation and exposure to the careers and challenges of engineering. Major engineering concepts include modeling, systems, design, optimization, technology-society interaction, and ethics. Content is provided in applied engineering graphics, communicating technical information, engineering design principles, material science, research and development processes, manufacturing techniques and systems, and opportunities and challenges of other emerging branches of engineering. Students are actively involved with the practices of various engineering fields, high-technology systems, devices and materials, engineering graphics, and mathematics/science principles. This is a recommended course for all high school programs. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10510 |
Invention and Innovation |
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| Level: |
9-10 |
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½ or 1 |
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Students participate in engineering design activities to understand how criteria, constraints, and processes affect designs. Brainstorming, visualizing, modeling, constructing, testing and refining designs will be studied. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10511 |
PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design |
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| Level: |
9-10 |
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1 |
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This course emphasizes the development of design. Students use 3-D computer software to produce, analyze and evaluate models of project solutions. They study the design concepts of form and function; then use state-of-the-art technology to translate conceptual designs into reproducible products. This is a PLTW course and only instructors with this training may use this number and description. |
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| 10512 |
PLTW Digital Electronics |
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| Level: |
9-12 |
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1 |
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This course provides students with the applied logic that encompasses application of electrical circuits and devises. Students will use state-of-the-art technology, including computer software and equipment used by industry. Hands-on activities that utilize the team approach to learning how to solve real-world problems while reinforcing the study of math and science. This is a PLTW course and only instructors with this training may use this number and description. |
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| 10515 |
Technological Systems |
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| Level: |
9-10 |
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½ or 1 |
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Students participate in technological systems; their design, development and connections with other systems. They create, test and evaluate systems, such as transportation, information and biotechnology systems. A state recommended course guide is available. |
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| 10999 |
Cooperative Work Experience |
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| Level: |
11-12, and a minimum student age of 16 years |
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maximum of ½ per semester, not to exceed 2 credits while in high school |
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Provides students with a regularly scheduled, supervised employment opportunity related to Technology Education occupations in order to develop and improve work skills. The employment must be preceded by, or concurrent with, classroom instruction related to work experience, consistent with the student's occupational goals and related to the Technology Education program area. There shall be a training agreement among all partners to the work experience (school, employer, student and parents/guardians) outlining the expectations of each party. The instructor shall also develop a specific training plan with the employer for each student placed. The training plan shall include provisions for assessment of student progress and for on-site visits by the instructor during the student's placement. Students may be paid a wage by the employer. |
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