COURSE CODE: 8404

Technology Transfer

SCED Code: 21052
Virginia Extended Description: 18
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 18 Weeks
Prerequisite: Technology Foundations
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: TSA
Non-Traditional?: F

Students learn how existing technologies developed for one purpose can be applied to a different function. Groups work together, applying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) concepts to projects. Students engage in hands-on activities to learn that the transfer of a technology from one society to another can cause cultural, social, economic, and political challenges.

Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance
  • Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
  • Safety Engineer
Manufacturing Production Process Development
  • Electro-Mechanical Technician
  • Industrial Engineer
  • Industrial Engineering Technician
  • Manufacturing Systems Engineer
  • Network Designer
  • Precision Inspector, Tester, or Grader
  • Production Manager
  • Programmer
  • SPC (Statistical Process Control) Coordinator
Production
  • Assembler
  • Automated Manufacturing Technician
  • Extruding and Drawing Machine Operator
  • Tool and Die Maker
Quality Assurance
  • Precision Inspector, Tester, or Grader
  • Quality Control Technician

Pathway Occupation
Engineering and Technology
  • Aeronautical Drafter
  • Aerospace Engineer
  • Aerospace Engineering Technician
  • Architect
  • Civil Engineer
  • Civil Engineering Technician
  • Commercial and Industrial Designer
  • Computer Hardware Engineer
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Electrical Engineering Technician
  • Electro-Mechanical Technician
  • Electronics Engineering Technician
  • Engineering Manager
  • Industrial Engineer
  • Industrial Engineering Technician
  • Machine Setter, Operator
  • Manufacturing Systems Engineer
  • Materials Engineer
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Mechanical Engineering Technician
  • Power Systems Engineer
  • Project Manager
  • Quality Engineer
  • Quality Technician
  • Statistician
  • Systems Analyst
Science and Mathematics
  • Ecologist
  • Materials Scientist
  • Oceanographer
  • Research Chemist
  • Technical Writer

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