AP Computer Science at PMHS – Prezi
ADVANCED PLACEMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE A
Full Year
1 Credit
Grades: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation or departmental approval required.
Course Description: This course is equivalent to a first semester college-level Computer Science course. Problem solving and algorithm design will be emphasized. Basic computer programming concepts of input, output, conditionals, looping, functions, sorting, searching, advanced data structures and object oriented programming with classes will be covered. The programming language used will be Java. College credit may be received for grades of three or higher on the Advanced Placement examination taken in May. All students enrolled in this class are expected to take the College Board AP exam.