The Maryland Career Clusters represent ten core business functions across broad industry areas in Maryland.  Career pathways are identified for each cluster to help students focus their education, skills, and experiences into a selected field.  The ten Maryland Career Clusters and links to related careers are listed below; those that have corresponding academic programs at Howard Community College are listed with an asterisk.  More information about the Maryland Career Clusters may be found at http://marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/careertech.  

*1.  Arts, Media, and Communications

Arts and Media Cluster

*2.  Business Management and Finance

Business Careers

3.  Construction Development

http://www.agc.org

*4. Consumer Services, Hospitality, and Tourism

Hospitality and Culinary Management Careers

*5.  Environmental, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Systems

Science, Engineering, and Technology

*6. Health and Biosciences

Health Care and Medical

*7. Human Resource Services

Social Sciences and Education

*8. Information Technology

Computer Careers

Science, Engineering, and Technology

*9. Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology

Science, Engineering, and Technology

Mathematics

10. Transportation Technologies

http://www.astl.org