All Pathways

This pathway prepares you to pursue health-related degrees and professions, offering a foundation of knowledge and skills. Areas of focus are ethics, professionalism, prevention (wellness), diagnostics, therapeutics and rehabilitation. You gain critical career knowledge through a series of work-based learning experiences.

AP Courses Aligned To This Pathway

AP Biology

Course Sequence

Principles of Biomedical Science

Human Body Systems

Medical Interventions

Biomedical Innovations (optional)

Industry Certification

Stop the Bleed, AHA Basic Life Support, Heart Saver, First Aid

List of schools

Ardrey Kell High School Butler High School East Mecklenburg High School Garinger High School Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences Hopewell High School Independence High School Julius L. Chambers High School Mallard Creek High School Myers Park High School Olympic High School Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology Providence High School South Mecklenburg High School Ballantyne Ridge High School

College and Career Promise

Career & College Promise Dual Enrollment gives eligible North Carolina high school students the opportunity to get a “jump start” and earn college credit toward a two-year or four-year degree at Central Piedmont while still in high school. Tuition free. Click here to learn more.

What Should I Do Next?

Take the Junior Achievement Career Quiz here.

Talk to the Pathway Development Coordinator or Counselor at your school!