Benefits of a Specialist High Skills Major

Pursuing an SHSM can help students:

• customize their high school education to suit their interests and talents

• develop specialized knowledge and skills

• earn credits that postsecondary educational institutions and employers recognize

• gain sector-recognized certification and career-relevant training

• engage in STEM-related activities that develop innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship

• identify, explore and refine career goals and make informed decisions about their future

• transition after graduation to apprenticeship training, college, university or the workplace

• remain flexible, with the option to shift between pathways, should their goals and plans change