The course is designed to introduce the student to the study and writing of computer programs, with an emphasis on understanding and solving problems. Analytical thinking skills and logic are emphasized. The Java language is taught with an emphasis on programming for the Internet, so structured and object-oriented methods of programming are taught.
This course is recommended for the student preparing for the AP Computer Science test prep course.
It covers the content found in a high school first year introductory course to Java programming, requiring no prior experience.
Pre-requisites: Algebra 1
Curriculum:
- Introduction
- Elementary Programming
- Selections
- Math Functions, Characters, Strings
- Loops
- Methods
- 1-Dimensional Arrays
- Multi-dimensional Arrays
- Objects and Classes
- Thinking in Objects
- Inheritance and Polymorphism
- Exception Handling, Text IO
- Abstract Classes and Interfaces
- Binary IO
- Recursions
- JavaFX Basics
- Event-driven Programming