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Career Clusters and the Programs of Study Offered at MISD High Schools
Mesquite ISD's Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are organized into 13 different Career Clusters, which all have a varying number of different Programs of Study. Many of these Programs are available at each of our comprehensive high school, however please note that the Programs below with gold buttons are available exclusively at Vanguard High School.
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
The Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) career cluster focuses on the essential elements of life, food, water, land and air.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources programs:
At all five comprehensive high schools
Architecture and Construction
This cluster prepares students for careers that involve designing, planning, managing, building, or maintaining a built structure.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Architecture and Construction programs:
At all five comprehensive high schools
Exclusively at Vanguard
Arts, Audio Visual Technology and Communications
This cluster focuses on careers in designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism and entertainment services.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Arts and A/V Technology programs:
At all five comprehensive high schools
Exclusively at Vanguard
Business, Marketing and Finance
This cluster focuses on careers in planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Programs of Study:
At all five comprehensive high schools
Education and Training
This cluster focuses on planning, managing, and providing education and training services and related learning support services.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Education and Training programs:
Engineering
The Engineering cluster focuses on planning, designing, testing, building and maintaining machines, structures, materials, systems and processes using empirical evidence and science, technology and math principles.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Engineering programs:
Exclusively at Vanguard:
Health Science
This cluster focuses on planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostics services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Health Science programs:
At all five comprehensive high schools
Exclusively at Vanguard
Hospitality and Tourism
This cluster focuses on the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants and other food/beverage services, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel-related services.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Hospitality and Tourism programs:
Human Services
This cluster focuses on preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs such as counseling and mental health services, family and community services, personal care services and consumer services.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Human Services programs:
Law and Public Services
This cluster focuses on planning, managing and providing legal services, public safety, protective services, and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Law and Public Services programs:
Information Technology
The Information Technology (IT) career cluster focuses on the design, development, support and management of hardware, software, multimedia and systems integration services.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Information Technology programs:
Manufacturing
This cluster focuses on planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance, and manufacturing/process engineering.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Manufacturing programs:
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
This cluster focuses on careers in planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail, and water.
Mesquite ISD currently offers the following Transportation programs: