Career Pathways
Our Career Pathways offer a step-by-step guide to your career goals. With short-term education options based on stackable credits, you have the flexibility to continue your education at your own pace. When you enter into a career pathway you will build on classes that stack up to more advanced certificates and diplomas and/or degrees. At each step of the way you'll earn industry recognized credentials that give you new employment options.
Career Pathways allow you to come in and out of college and build your education as you plan your career advancement.
Begin at any point in the pathway.
Students can start a pathway where they are. There are even opportunities to earn credit at Lakeshore for previous college and experiential learning!
Build on your education.
Our Career Pathways focus on building your skills, providing a recognized credential, and new employment options one credential at a time. You can start with the first step and build up to the more advanced program or jump right into the advanced program and complete the other steps along the way.
Expand your goals.
You can build on your education by starting a new pathway or continuing onto a 4-year degree.
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Accounting Career Pathway
If you’re good with numbers and have always been interested in finances, consider our Accounting career pathway.
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Administrative Professional Career Pathway
Administrative Professionals provide the behind-the-scenes support an office needs to succeed. Our Administrative Professional career pathway is a perfect fit for those with a caring, detail-oriented personality.
Agribusiness Science & Technology Career Pathway
If you’re passionate about the latest agricultural trends and technologies, look into our Agribusiness Science & Technology career pathway.
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Business Management Career Pathway
If you set goals for yourself and strive to accomplish them, prefer working with others rather than alone, enjoy serving as a leader even if it means more work, and want to improve your skills and promotion potential, then the Business Management Career Pathway may be a good choice for you.
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Criminal Justice Career Pathway
Individuals in criminal justice keep others safe by maintaining law and order. If protecting others is part of who you are, check out our Criminal Justice career pathway.
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CNC Machining Career Pathway
If you like to create things with your hands, are fascinated with technology, and want above-average earning power, our CNC Machining career pathway is a great option for you to pursue.
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Culinary Arts Career Pathway
Our Culinary Arts career pathway is perfect for those who love to express themselves creatively through food.
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Dairy Management Career Pathway
Passionate about entrepreneurship and adore working with animals? Then the Dairy Management career pathway is the perfect fit for you.
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Digital Marketing Career Pathway
Where creativity and technology meet! Through our Digital Marketing Pathway gain the knowledge and skills vital to every company’s success today.
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Early Childhood Education Career Pathway
It’s vital for young children to have patient, compassionate caregivers in their lives. If this sounds like you, look into our Early Childhood Education career pathway.
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Electro-Mechanical Automation Technology Career Pathway
If you’re good at problem solving, like working with automated manufacturing equipment, and you enjoy challenges that grow your skills, consider our Electro-Mechanical Automation Technology career pathway.
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Electro Mechanical Maintenance Technician Career Pathway
If you like to troubleshoot, work with your hands, and have an interest in math and electrical and mechanical processes, a career in Maintenance is for you.
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Human Resource Administration Career Pathway
If you care about people and want to make sure they’re treated fairly in the workplace, consider our Human Resource Administration career pathway.
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IT-Web & Software Developer Career Pathway
Web & Software Developers create the code that powers websites and apps. If you find this fascinating, you may be the perfect fit for our IT-Web & Software Developer career pathway.
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IT-Network Career Pathway
If you enjoy learning all kinds of software applications, doing some programming and networking, check out the Information Technology career pathway.
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Mechanical Design and Engineering Technology Pathway
Mechanical design technicians, under the direction of engineering staff members, help develop and test products, calculate strength and cost of materials, make drawings to scale, and work on prototypes and product improvement.
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Medical Assistant Career Pathway
If you enjoy taking care of people and feel comfortable behind a desk, as well as working with those who need help, check out our Medical Assistant career pathway.
Nursing Career Pathway
Those who love making people feel better and are comfortable in a medical setting are great candidates for our Nursing career pathway.
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Pharmacy Career Pathway
If you’re attentive to detail, organized, a good communicator, and like math, science, and working with people, our Pharmacy career pathway may be your prescription for success.
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Quality Assurance Career Pathway
Those who have an analytical mindset and care about helping companies achieve success through quality will fit well with our Quality Assurance career pathway.
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Supply Chain Career Pathway
Without supply chain management, you could not get the products or services you need every day. If you love analyzing data and work well with others, our Supply Chain career pathway may be of interest.
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Welding Career Pathway
Do you enjoy working with your hands and want to manipulate metal by throwing some sparks? Check into our Welding career pathway.
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