Frequently Asked Questions

Specific programs offered in North Carolina Cyber Academy’s CTE Department include Adobe Visual, Coding in Minecraft, Food and Nutrition, Child Development, Animal Science, and Microsoft Office. We offer certification for Veterinarian Technician in our Animal Science program In addition, we teach Microsoft Office, including Excel and Microsoft Word, and provide students the opportunity to receive Microsoft Office Specialist certification in high school.

For the 2025-26 school year, North Carolina Cyber Academy is providing a total of 29 CTE classes, including 14 new classes! Learn more below!

---Artificial Intelligence

---Biotechnology

---Coding for Minecraft Advanced

---Coding for Minecraft Expert

---Introduction to Computer Science

---Python Programming I

---Python Programming II Honors

---Introduction to Cyber Security

---Cyber Security I

---Cyber Security II Honors

---Equine Science I

---Equine Science II Honors

---Health Science I

---Health Science II Honors

North Carolina Cyber Academy’s Adobe Visual I class offers Photoshop Illustrator, while our Adobe Visual II includes InDesign. Each of those offer the opportunity to take an industry-certified certification test that is provided free to charge to students on behalf of North Carolina Cyber Academy.

Through North Carolina Cyber Academy’s Coding in Minecraft course, students learn rudimentary skills related to computer science and computer programming. Our Coding and Minecraft course will fulfill the computer science course requirement that is now necessary to achieve high school graduation.

The North Carolina Cyber Academy was recognized in the fall of 2025 by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for having the largest Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program in the State of North Carolina for Charter schools.

As of the fall of 2025, North Carolina Cyber Academy enrolled approximately 1,250 enrollments in CTE. The next biggest program - the Triangle Math and Science Academy, which has been established for many more years than NC Cyber - has approximately 1,100 students enrolled in its CTE offerings.

NCDPI officials agreed that the North Carolina Cyber Academy High School is now competing with regular local education agency (LEA) CTE programs in regards to size, credentials earned, pathways offered, etc. 

In North Carolina Cyber Academy’s Food and Nutrition I and Food and Nutrition II courses, students cook at home utilizing instruction from our North Carolina Cyber Academy’s teachers within our online platform. Students have the freedom to try different dishes based on their interests and cultural backgrounds.

The North Carolina Cyber Academy utilizes technology in the form of computer-derived simulated babies. These simulated babies render readings that determine if anything happened to them in the form of abuse or neglect. In Child Development, students learn about birthing, early human development, caring brains, and toxic stress, among other relevant topics.

The North Carolina Cyber Academy offers courses in Animal Science, as well as Horticulture I and Horticulture II and Veterinary Science courses. Students interested in pursuing veterinary medicine as a profession can receive Veterinary Technician certification while in high school.

North Carolina Cyber Academy provides courses in Microsoft Office, which includes Excel (spreadsheets for bookkeeping and record keeping) and Microsoft Word (word processor). Students who pass all five of North Carolina Cyber Academy’s Microsoft Office certifications are eligible to receive Microsoft Office Specialist certification. In 2024, over 90 percent of NC Cyber’s students in Microsoft Office earned the Microsoft Office Specialist certification.

Yes. Students who successfully pass the North Carolina Cyber Academy’s Microsoft Excel course receive a math credit that can go towards standard graduation requirements.

The North Carolina Cyber Academy Middle School offers more than 20 CTE electives, including:

---Spanish Beginning

---Spanish (HS Credit)

---Spanish Continuing

---Health and PE (Grade 6)

---Health and PE (Grade 7)

---Health and PE (Grade 8)

---CY04 Digital Literacy

---CY01 Keyboarding & Basic Wordprocessing

---BY12 Exploring Business

---CY20 Computer Science Discoveries I

---CY21 Computer Science Discoveries II

---CY03 Office Productivity Applications

---Digital Photography

---Video Production I

---Video Production II

---Exploring Theatre Arts

---Theatre Production and Design

---Yearbook

---SEL (Social and Emotional Learning)

---College & Career Readiness

---Minecraft I

---Minecraft II

---AIG Elective Independent Study