Career and Technical Education - Workforce Leadership and Development

Appalachian State University's Career and Technical Education (BS) concentration in workforce leadership and development is a broad and flexible program designed for students who are interested in combining technical skills with the business preparation needed to advance into management or the training of employees within a particular industry. It does not lead to teaching licensure, as do other CTE concentrations at Appalachian.

The program offers a distinctive combination of career and technical courses, workforce courses, business foundations – such as accounting, marketing, law and organization behavior, and an internship. It develops the "hard" and "soft" skills needed to improve your competitiveness in the workforce.

The program is designed to accommodate the needs of both transfer students, who may already have earned an associate degree and have work experience in a particular business or industry, and traditional students just beginning their postsecondary education. It is offered both online and on campus.

• Entrepreneur
• Career Facilitator/Manager/Specialist
• Workforce Specialist (working for the state workforce organizations or private organizations)
• Former Offender Specialist
• Agricultural Employment Specialist
• Apprenticeship Specialist
• Career Counselor or Career Advisor
• Corporate Curriculum Specialist
• Product Trainer/Education Specialist
• Business Services Representative
• Workforce Education Director
• Workforce Education Cooperative Education
• Workforce Education Teacher in Middle and High Schools
• Teacher in Career and Technical Education Centers
• Government Training Programs
• Business Training Programs
• Industry Training Programs
• Adult and Continuing Education Programs
• Professional Development Consultant
• Organizational Development Specialist/Consultant
• Instructional Coordinator
• Community College Instructor
• Military Development

• Complete an application (apply using the Common Application)
• Provide your official high school transcript(s)
• Provide your official or unofficial college transcript(s) for any completed college coursework*
• Submit $65 application fee (or approved fee waiver)
• Submit official or self-reported SAT (school code: 5010) or ACT (school code: 3062) scores (or apply with a test waiver)
• Complete your FAFSA (application opens Oct. 1; school code: 002906)