Career and Technology Studies (CTS) provides students in Grades 10 to 12 with “hands on learning” and activity centered learning. Introductory courses are meant to be exploratory and offer wide varieties of experiences. The Career & Technology Studies (CTS) program helps you acquire the knowledge, skills and attitude for a career that is relevant to your interests. The entire CTS program centers around five industry clusters and 28 occupational areas organized into one-credit courses.
St. Joseph Catholic High School has a wide range of complementary courses that offer a variety of specialized program options in facilities that are second to none in Edmonton Catholic Schools. These various courses offer learning activities to complement the Guided Customized Learning (GCL) program.
The expectation is that students of St. Joseph Catholic High School while completing the required academic course work required for all students in the province, will also complete course work in a given area of specialization. The benefits of this approach to learning is that the students are advantaged when applying to post-secondary studies or when applying for jobs in the marketplace as they will possess superior theoretical and practical experiences in their specialization of study.