Skip To Main Content

Career and Technical Education

Career & Technical Education (CTE) courses blend both academics and career education into a practical program. Rigorous and challenging coursework prepares our students for a wide range of careers.

Why Career & Technical Education?

Our CTE courses provide students with skills such as communication, critical thinking, problem solving, entrepreneurship and leadership focusing on academics taught with relevance to the real world.

Career pathways offered through CTE at Glenbrook North High School include:

  • Business - Entrepreneurship, finance, management, marketing
  • Family and Consumer Sciences - Culinary arts, education, fashion (construction, design, merchandising), hospitality
  • Trade and Industrial - Automotives, carpentry, welding, metalwork
  • STEM - Architecture, computer programming, engineering, game design

 

What is Dual Credit?

Oakton Community College collaborates with partner high schools to offer college-level classes to eligible high school students. These courses allow students to obtain high school and college credit simultaneously. Dual credit courses are taught in the high school classrooms by Oakton approved high school teachers.

What are the Benefits of Taking a Dual Credit Course?

  • Earning college credit
  • Experiencing college-level academic rigor
  • Saving time and gaining flexibility in college by completing credits in high school
  • Gaining confidence in pursuing a college career
  • Only cost incurred is a one-time $25 application fee

Oakton strives to provide students, instructors, and high school personnel with the resources and support that empower students to successfully complete college-level courses during their high school years and successfully transition to college.

What Dual Credit Courses does GBN Offer?

 

GBN Course

  

Oakton Course

GBN Credit Awarded

(Provided successful completion with a grade of “D” or better)

Oakton Credit Awarded

(Provided successful completion with a grade of “C” or better)

Architecture 163

Basic AutoCAD CAD-116

1.0

3

Architecture 263

Intermediate AutoCAD CAD-117

1.0

4

PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design 173

Industrial Design Engineering CAD-105

1.0

4

PLTW Principles of Engineering 273

Industrial Design Engineering Techniques CAD-210

1.0

4

PLTW Civil Engineering & Architecture 373

CAD-Introduction to Building Systems-Revit CAD-220

1.0

4
Principles of Financial Accounting 173

Principles of Financial Accounting

ACC-153*

 1.0 4

Welding 161

Introduction to Welding

MFG-120

.5

4

Advanced Welding 261

Advanced Welding MFG-125

.5

4

Educational Foundations 261

Child Growth and Development ECE-102

.5

3

 

How do I sign up for a dual credit course?

  •  Sign up during registration for the GBN course above with your counselor
  • During the first week of class your teacher will guide you through the next steps
  • A one time $25 application fee will be assessed later in the semester through our district’s fee system.

For more information visit Oakton’s early college website or contact Mary Kosirog, Instructional Supervisor for Career & Technical Education at mkosirog@glenbrook225.org or Cindy Nijmeh, Oakton’s Coordinator of College Transitions at cnijmeh@oakton.edu.