What Is ROP?

The Fresno Regional Occupational Program (ROP) is career technical education that empowers students to make meaningful career choices by providing opportunities to explore their interests, develop career skills, and reinforce academics, ROP also offers a wide range of additional educational benefits, including college credit for qualifying courses, industry certification, and interships when appropriate.

Offering over 148 courses in various career paths, Fresno ROP is available to high school students (16 years of age or in 11th or 12th grade) and adults, preparing them for further education at colleges and universities, employment, or advanced technical training. Areas of study include agriculture, arts, media & entertainment, business, engineering technology, health, home economics careers & technology, industrial & technology, and public & human services. Credentialed teachers with work experience in their subject area enrich classes with their first-hand knowledge.

Courses for this unique program are developed by dedicated business and industry advisory committees to ensure coursework is relevant to everchanging industry, community, and educational demands. These committees use local business input, labor market studies, emerging technologies and student interests to create a program that benefits students, employers and communities.