AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A (PLTW)

WEIGHTED: 1.0 (0.666 non AP Test takers)
Grades: 10-12

Credit: 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of PLTW AP Computer Science Principles and Teacher Recommendation

Note: Also offered through R-7 Online Academy

In this third course in the Computer Science pathway, students further develop computational-thinking and
object oriented programming skills through authentic application development using the Java™ programming language. Students will design solutions to problems, use data structures and algorithms to organize and process large sets of data from our world to discover new information, analyze potential solutions, and analyze the ethical and social implications of solutions and computing systems. This
course is designed to prepare students for the AP CSA exam.