AP Computer Science A

Horizon
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1 Unit
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Computer Science and Technology
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Grades: 10, 11, 12

Students will work to learn the skills necessary to understand and communicate how to develop a program, how to write original code using the Java programming language to solve problems, and how to troubleshoot existing code to debug programs. Course focuses on creative development processes, big ideas of modularity, variables, control, impacts of computing, and the primary unit objectives of the course include: understanding primitive types, object-oriented programming, Boolean expressions and if statements, iteration, writing classes, array, array lists, 2D array, inheritance, recursion. At the conclusion of the course, students should have strong confidence in sitting for both sections of the AP Computer Science A exam, multiple choice and Free Response Questions (FRQs).

Details:

  • NCAA Eligible
  • State Certified
  • AP (Advanced Placement)©

Cost:

Instructor Embedded Cost: $0

Content Only Cost: $0

The following information applies only to instructor embedded courses.

Oklahoma Subject Code: 2535

Course Provider Contact: Lisa Daniels | lisa.daniels@horizon.ok.gov | 405-522-0465

How To Purchase This Course

Districts wishing to purchase this course should contact the course provider directly (see contact information above) and reference the contract in the "attachments" portion of the page linked here. If you are purchasing an Instructor Embedded course, please note that online instructors need not be certified in the state of Oklahoma. They must be certified to teach the content in at least one state or teach the subject at a college or university. To enroll a student in the course, you will need to obtain from the course provider (a) the instructor’s name; (b) the state through which the instructor is certified, and (c) the instructor’s certification number. If the instructor is employed to teach the subject at a college or university, you will need to obtain that institution’s iPEDS number. This information will be recorded in the SIS when you enroll a student in the course. When enrolling a student in a Content Only course, you must indicate in the SIS the name of the person monitoring the course.