vocational studies
Career-focused education path
Vocational studies is education and training focused on practical skills for specific trades or occupations rather than academic knowledge.
Programs cover fields like welding, plumbing, nursing, automotive repair, or culinary arts.
The term emphasizes preparation for immediate employment: She chose vocational studies over a four-year degree.
Also called vocational education or career and technical education.
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- graphic designArranging images and text
- dental hygieneCare of teeth and gums
bookkeeping · cybersecurity · carpentry · medical coding · photography · trade school · hands-on training · shop class · software development · machining · office management · video production · welding · renewable energy systems · night classes · certification · customer service · fashion design
- vocational educationauto shop, trade schools, welding class, practical training, technical colleges
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Non-vocational higher education
liberal arts education · general education · classical education · liberal education · humanities
vocational studiesbasic research
Study seeking knowledge, not products
pure mathematics · pure science · philosophy · intellectual inquiry · metaphysics
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