AP Computer Science a - Glencoe High School

The AP Computer Science A course is equivalent to a first-semester, college-level course in computer science. The course introduces students to computer science with fundamental topics that include problem-solving, design strategies and methodologies, organization of data (data structures), approaches to processing data (algorithms), analysis of potential solutions, and the ethical and social implications of computing. The course emphasizes object-oriented and imperative problem-solving and design using the Java language. These techniques represent proven approaches for developing solutions drat can scale up from small, simple problems to large, complex problems.