Department of Defense Education Activity

Information Technology

Educational programs in the Information Technology Career Cluster are of interest to individuals who want to use their skills and abilities to engage with hardware, software, network systems, or multimedia to create, design, and produce interactive products; design, develop, implement, and repair computer systems and software; and work with coding languages.

The DoDEA College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) for Career and Technical Education are adopted from the Common Career Technical Core. These standards are referenced as CCRS-CTE.

Standards for Information Technology Career Cluster (IT)


Programming Pathway

In the Programming Pathway, students gain advanced knowledge of computer operating systems, programming languages, and software development necessary to design, develop, implement, and maintain computer systems and software.

To ensure pathway completion, it is recommended that students take courses in the following sequence: CTP331,CTP332,PTP305,PTP306,CTP612(Option 1),PTP611(Option 2)

Course Name

Course Number

Industry Credential

Adopted Resources

Coding I

CTP331

N/A

DoDEA Developed Curriculum

Coding II

CTP332

N/A

DoDEA Developed Curriculum

Java Programming I

CTP305

N/A

Cengage: Invitation to Computer Science, 8th Edition; Java Programming, 9th Edition

Java Programming II

CTP306

N/A

Cengage: Invitation to Computer Science, 8th Edition; Java Programming, 9th Edition

AP Computer Science Principles +

CTP612

N/A

College Board AP Resources

Code.org

AP Computer Science A+

CTP611

N/A

College Board AP Resources

Code.org