Computer Science

StudentstakingcoursesintheComputerSc ienceDepartmentwillunderstandthebas icsof computationalthinkingandbeableto applythoseskillstootherdisc iplines .Studentsarerequiredtocompleteahalf-creditintheComputerSc ienceDepartment. Studentscompletework bothindependentlyandco llaborative lyingroups .

Introduction to Coding

Semester,½credit

In thisintroductory course, studentslearn the basicsof howcomputer programswork, even if they havenever doneany programmingbefore. Studentsin thishands-on coursewill useonline codingtools, such asMIT?sScratch, to learn programmingconceptsin an interactive environment. Studentswill learn fundamental computational thinkingconceptsincludingevent sequencing; parallelism; loopsand conditional statements; mathematical and logical operators; usingvariablesand lists; and debuggingcode. Studentswill practice?everyday coding?by applyingcomputational thinkingconceptsin other programssuch asemail, documents, and spreadsheets. Studentsexploresampleprograms, solveproblems, and completechallengingprojects.

Python for Data Analysis

Semester,½credit Prerequis ite:IntroductiontoCodingorperm iss ionof the instructor

Buildingon thecomputational thinkingconcepts from IntroductiontoCoding ,thisintermediatelevel coursecoverstheessentialsof Python coding language: variables, strings, and numbers; listsand tuples; if statementsand loops; functionsand dictionaries; and commentsand codingbest practices. Then, studentswill learn howto import, analyze, and visualizelargedatasetsusingPython. Studentsshould havesomeexperiencewith basic programmingconcepts. AP Computer SciencePrinciples

1credit

APComputer SciencePrinciplesisan introductory college-level computingcoursethat introducesstudentsto thebreadth of thefield of computer science. Studentslearn to design and evaluatesolutionsand to apply computer science to solveproblemsthrough thedevelopment of algorithmsand programs. They incorporate abstraction into programsand usedatato discover newknowledge. Studentsalso explain how computinginnovationsand computing systems?such astheinternet?work, exploretheir potential impacts, and contributeto acomputing culturethat iscollaborativeand ethical.

AP Computer ScienceA

1credit Prerequis ite:AlgebraII

APComputer ScienceA isan introductory college-level computer sciencecourse. Students cultivatetheir understandingof codingthrough analyzing, writing, and testingcodeasthey exploreconceptslikemodularity, variables, and control structures.

Universal Apostolic Preferences

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