AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A
Duration
10 Months
Prerequisites
None
Requirements
None
Course Summary
The AP Computer Science A course is equivalent to the first segment of a college level computer science course. The course involves developing the skills to write programs or part of programs to correctly solve specific problems. AP Computer Science A also emphasizes the design issues that make programs understandable, adaptable, and when appropriate, reusable. At the same time, the development of useful computer programs and classes is used as a context for introducing other important concepts in computer science.
MAJOR TOPICS AND CONCEPTS
Semester 1
- Primitive Types
- Using Objects
- Boolean Expressions and if Statements
- Iteration
- Writing Classes
Semester 2
- Arrays
- ArrayList
- 2D Array
- Inheritance
- Recursion