High School Computer Science

Full Year

AP Computer Science Principles is an introductory college-level computing curriculum that introduces students to the breadth of the field of computer science. Students learn to design and evaluate solutions and to apply computer science to solve problems through the development of algorithms and programs. They incorporate abstraction into programs and use data to discover new knowledge. Students also explain how computing innovations and computing systems—including the internet—work, explore their potential impacts, and contribute to a computing culture that is collaborative and ethical.

The curriculum is designed to be equivalent to a first-semester introductory college computing course. The major areas of study in the curriculum are organized around big ideas that encompass ideas foundational to studying computer science.

This course will prepare students for the end-of-course AP Exam.

Semester

An interactive introductory course for students brand new to programming that teaches the foundations of computer science using the Python language. Not only will this semester course prepare students for AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles, but it will teach students how to think computationally and solve complex problems, skills that are important for every student.