The competency listings are intended to serve as guides to assist teachers and administrators in providing an instructional program that is current and relevant. Arts, AV Technology, and Communications skill standards address what a worker needs to know and be able to do and contribute to a safe, productive, and effective work environment. Students will be properly prepared for their careers when the standards listed are integrated with quality instructional techniques. The standards provide a secure foundation for future training in the student's career.

The following provide the basis for development of a student profile that can be shared with prospective employers, and in many instances, the standards can be used for planning and implementing articulation agreements with comparable programs at the post-secondary level.

Arts, AV Technology, and Communications Standards

Student Profiles are an optional resource educators may use to track student progress when providing instruction. They are intended for print and their content is available in an accessible format through their associated course standards.
 

• Digital Art and Design 1
  Standards (198 KB PDF 1/14/25)
  Student Profile (39 KB PDF 7/16/18)

 

• Digital Art and Design 2
  Standards (237 KB PDF 1/14/25)
  Student Profile

 

• Digital Art and Design 3
  Standards (215 KB PDF 1/14/25)
  Student Profile 

 

• Digital Art and Design 4
  Standards (211 KB PDF 1/14/25)
  Student Profile 

 

• Introduction to Graphic Communications
  Standards (117 KB PDF 1/25/2022)
   
• Graphic Communications 1
  Standards (393 KB PDF 6/22/2022)
  Student Profile (566 KB 6/22/22)
   
• Graphic Communications 2
  Standards (174 KB PDF 6/22/2022)
  Student Profile (828 KB 6/22/2022)
   
• Graphic Communications 3
  Standards (393 KB PDF 6/22/2022)
  Student Profile (643 KB PDF 6/22/2022)
   
• Graphic Communications 4
  Standards (422 KB PDF 6/22/2022)
  Student Profile (752 KB 6/22/2022)
   
• Graphic Communications Equipment List
   
• Media Technology 1
  Standards (269 KB PDF 6/3/2022)
  Student Profile (509KB PDF 7/21/2022)
   
• Media Technology 2
  Standards (264 KB PDF 6/3/2022)
  Student Profile (384 KB PDF 7/21/2022)
   
• Media Technology 3
  Standards (254 KB PDF 6/3/2022)
  Student Profile (511 KB PDF 7/21/2022)
   
• Media Technology 4
  Standards (252 KB PDF 6/3/2022)
  Student Profile(500 KB PDF  7/21/2022)
   
• Media Technology Equipment List  (6 KB PDF 6/3/2022)
   
• The following drafting courses from the Architecture and Construction Cluster may be combined with courses from the Arts, AV Technology, and Communications Cluster to tailor the student's program of study.
   
• Architectural Design 1 and 2
  Standards  (83 KB PDF  1/29/25)
  Student Profile  (20 KB PDF 1/10/20)
   
• Mechanical Design 1 and 2
  Standards  (188 KB PDF  1/29/25)
  Student Profile  (78 KB PDF 1/20/20)

Visual Arts 

Visual Arts Course Standards

Visual Arts Concentrator, Completer, and Certification Information

Visual Arts Equipment List

 

Visual Arts Resources

2020-21 Human Services/Family and Consumer Sciences Booklet

COVID-19 Guidance for Family and Consumer Sciences
 

External Resources

GAERF.org - Graphic Communications Skills Competencies (GCSC)

AAFCS - American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

FCCLAinc  - Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America National Organization

SCACTE  - South Carolina Association of Career and Technical Education 

SCACTE-FCS  -  South Carolina Association of Career and Technical Education – Family and Consumer Sciences Division

South Carolina Colleges and Universities