Essential Standards

COURSE GOALS  (Utah State Strands and Standards)

• Students will be familiar with and use a programming environment.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of software concepts.

  • Demonstrate the ability to compile, debug, and execute programs.

• Students will employ accepted programming methodology.

  • Demonstrate how to use white space properly.

  • Understand that software development is a process and use a variety of creation techniques to develop 21st Century Skills.

  • Identify the syntactical components of a programming language.

• Students will properly use language-fundamental commands and operations

  • Demonstrate the ability to use basic elements of a specific language.

  • Employ basic arithmetic expressions in programs.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use data types in programs.

• Students will properly employ control structures.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use relational and logical operators in programs.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use decisions in programs.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use loops (iteration) in programs.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use modularity in programs using functions or methods.

• Students will demonstrate knowledge of current ethical issues dealing with computers and information in a global society using 21st Century Skills.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the social and ethical consequences of computers.

• Students will be aware of career opportunities in the Computer Programming/Software Engineering industry and of its history.

  • Investigate career opportunities, trends, and requirements related to computer programming/software engineering careers.

• Students will employ static (array), dynamic (vector, ArrayList, etc.) list structures, and strings.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use static arrays/lists in programs.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use dynamic arrays/lists (i.e. vectors, ArrayList, or generic lists).

  • Demonstrate the ability to use strings in programs

• Students will properly employ object-oriented programming techniques.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use existing classes.

  • Demonstrate the ability to create user-defined classes.

  • Demonstrate proper design principles with classes.

• Students will properly use sequential files.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use sequential files in programs.

• Students will apply appropriate programming skill as an effective member of a team demonstrating the ability to collaborate with others

  • Demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge to a programming project.

  • Demonstrate the ability to use teamwork and collaboration in a programming project.