Computer Programming is a class that exposes students to Visual Basic, one programming language in the Visual Studio suite. Students learn programming concepts such as: treating data as an object, using methods to manipulate those objects, and classes to create templates for those objects; variable value and types; means to visualize data as conditional or iterative; and means to store information like arrays and strings. This class is very project driven.
AP Computer Science Principles is an introductory college-level computing course 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.