Digital Technology

Accounting 1

Prerequisites: Algebra I or equivalent (Foundations in Algebra or Intermediate Algebra). Grade of 70 or better. 

Requirement: Student must met promotion criteria for 10th grade.

Accounting 1 is designed to help the student develop an understanding of the concepts, principles, and practices necessary in the preparation and maintenance of financial records concerned with business management and operations. Students are exposed to the accounting cycle, cash control systems, payroll, and careers in accounting.

Advanced Web Page Design and Development

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Web Page Design

This course focuses on scripting, developing searching strategies, publishing skills, and serving information on a web server. Students develop web pages that incorporate text, audio, video, and graphics using web authoring software, JAVA scripting, XHTML, and CSS. Students determine and employ methods to evaluate the design, functionality, and security of online information in various settings. This course teaches students how to use networks, including the Internet, for research and resource sharing.

Digital Publication Design

Certification: iC3 Digital Certification

Do you like to be artistic but also like to use technology? This course is designed to use both artistic skills and computer programs to create a variety of publications projects using professional-grade Adobe design software (Illustrator and InDesign). Some examples are digital drawings, logos, advertisements, magazine layouts, and more.

Entrepreneurship

Prerequisite: Student must be in the 10th, 11th or 12th grade. 

This is an approved course for the state requirement for personal finance. 

This course is suggested for students who are considering opening their own business or having a career in business or marketing. They learn how to setup and operate a profitable business, starting with a business plan. This course helps them understand business operations, and provides them with the techniques, skills, sources of data and detailed information needed to operate a profitable business.

Foundations in Animation

Prerequisite: Keyboarding proficiency and high school Computer Science Course.

Certification: TBD

Foundations of Animation prepares students to use artistic and technological foundations to create animations. The basic principles of digital animation are reviewed, including character development and story conception through production. Students learn the technical language used in the animation industry and basic animation methods. They will also learn techniques about various ways to plan, create, and prepare for animation in pre-production, production and post-production. This course prepares students for the Adobe Certified Associate for Flash/Animate Creative Cloud (CC) certification exam. This course is an approved computer science course for graduation.

Fundamentals of Computing

Fundamentals of Computing is designed to introduce students to the field of computer science through an exploration of a variety of computing topics. Through creativity and innovation, students will use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to implement projects that are relevant to students’ lives. They will create a variety of computational artifacts through individual and team projects. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the operation of computers, programming, web design, computational data, physical computing, machine learning, societal and ethical issues of computing. Students will also be introduced to computing careers and how computing is an essential supporting aspect of all other career fields.

Fundamentals of Web Page Design and Development

Did you know there are over 1 billion websites now on the internet? This course is designed to be your first step toward a better understanding of the internet and developing a new set of internet skills using HTML and CSS as a basic programming language for web sites. Successful completion of this course will prepare students for industry certification. This course is an approved computer science course for graduation.

Game Design and Development 

Prerequisite: Student must be in the 10th, 11th or 12th grade. 

Game Design and Development provides students with the opportunity to design and develop fully-functional video games with product design documentation. This course emphasizes game control and logic, design tools and the physics of games using computer programming. This course is an approved computer science course for graduation.

Image Editing I

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Computing or Digital Multimedia

Taking pictures, whether it’s with a phone or camera, is a practice that is a part of life. But what about editing those pictures to make them better, more colorful, more interesting? This course will use Adobe Photoshop to help master image manipulation and photographic retouching types of media. Successful completion of this course will prepare the student for industry certification. 

Natural Hair Braiding

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Accounting I or Entrepreneurship. Grade Levels – 10th through 12th. 

Certification: Must be 16 prior to 6-hour hair braider registration course and assessment to earn certification.

This course is an elective course for high school students designed to meet SCDE and SCLLR requirements. The natural hair braiding course is taught by Registered Barber or Master Hair Care Instructors. As an extension of the Natural Hair Braiding course, students will attend a one-day six hour course and sit for the hair braiders’ theory examination to earn the SCLLR Hair Braiders Registration. 

PLTW Computer Science Applications (H)

Prerequisites: Students must have passed all previous PLTW Computer Science courses. 

Assessment: PLTW EOC

Credit: Honors weighting Dual Credit weighting if score is "Accomplished" or "Distinguished".

CSA focuses on integrating technologies across multiple platforms and networks, including the Internet. Students collaborate to produce programs that integrate mobile devices and leverage those devices for distributed collection and data processing.

Students analyze, adapt, and improve each other's programs while working primarily in Java™ and other industry-standard tools. This honors-level course prepares students for the AP Computer Science-A course. Students collaborate to create original solutions to real-world problems. Students will choose an issue and will then create a game or an app to address their real-world issue. At the end of this honors– level course, students will take an end of course assessment. Students who score “Accomplished” or higher on this exam will receive dual credit course weighting. 

PLTW Computer Science Essentials (H)

Prerequisites: Students must have passed Fundamentals of Computing or other computer science introductory course.

Assessment: PLTW EOC 

Credit: Honors or Dual Credit weighting if score is "Accomplished" or "Distinguished".

Computer Science Essentials (CSE) will expose students to a diverse set of computational thinking concepts, fundamentals, and tools, allowing them to gain understanding and build confidence. Students will use visual, block-based programming and seamlessly transition to text-based programming with languages such as Python to create apps and develop websites, and learn how to make computers work together to put their design into practice. They will apply computational thinking practices, build their vocabulary, and collaborate just as computing professionals do to create products that address topics and problems important to them Computer Science Essentials helps students create a strong foundation to advance to Computer Science Principles, Computer Science Applications and beyond. At the end of this honors-level course, students will take an end-of-course assessment. Students who score “Accomplished” or higher on this exam will receive dual credit course weighting. This course is an approved computer science course for graduation.

PLTW Computer Science Principles (H)

Prerequisites: Students must have passed Computer Science Essentials. 

Assessment: PLTW EOC

Credit: Honors weighting Dual Credit weighting if score is "Accomplished" or "Distinguished".

CSP introduces students to the foundational concepts of computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology can impact the world. With a unique focus on creative problem solving and real-world applications, CSP prepares students for college and career. In addition to exploring possible careers in Computer Science, students use programming tools such as Python® to create apps and game simulations. 

This course is endorsed by the College Board, and students may take the AP Computer Science Principles exam for the opportunity to earn college credit. At the end of this honors-level course, students will take an end of course assessment. Students who score “Accomplished” or higher on this exam will receive dual credit course weighting.

PLTW Cybersecurity (H)

Prerequisites: Students must have passed all previous PLTW Computer Science courses. 

Assessment: PLTW EOC

Credit: Honors weighting Dual Credit weighting if score is "Accomplished" or "Distinguished".

This course provides students with a broad exposure to the many aspects of digital and information security, while encouraging socially responsible choices and ethical behavior. It inspires algorithmic and computational thinking, especially “outside-the-box” thinking. Students explore the many educational and career paths available to cybersecurity experts, as well as other careers that comprise the field of information security. Cybersecurity is designed with strong connections to the National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (also known as the NICE Framework or NCWF). Created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), this framework identifies standards that have been developed by numerous academic, industry, and government organizations. The objectives also incorporate many of the big ideas and learning objectives outlined by the College Board and addressed in AP CSP and AP CSA. In addition, the course integrates Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) standards. Whether seeking a career in the field of cybersecurity or learning to defend their own personal data, students enrolled in this course establish an ethical code of conduct while learning to defend data in today’s complex cyber world. At the end of this honors– level course, students will take an end of course assessment. Students who score “Accomplished” or higher on this exam will receive dual credit course weighting. This course is an approved computer science course for graduation.