Course Description:

This yearlong course is designed for learners capable of college level work, follows the description put forward by the College Board, and prepares them to take the Advanced Placement exam.  

AP Computer Science A introduces students to computer science through programming.  Fundamental topics in this course include the design of solutions to problems, the use of data structures to organize large sets of data, the development and implementation of algorithms to process data and discover new information, the analysis of potential solutions, and the ethical and social implications of computing systems.  The course emphasizes object-oriented programming and design using the Java programming language.

AP Computer Science A is equivalent to a first-semester, college-level course in computer science.

Please visit the College Board-AP Central website for more information (http://apcentral.collegeboard.com).