Computer Science Principles

About the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®)

• Introduction

About BSU Dual Credit

• About BSU Dual Credit

U1: Extended Learning

• Extended Learning: Blown to Bits Reading

Unit 1: Computer Science and Digital Information

• Introduction

• The Need for Programming Languages

• Programming with Simple Commands and Functions

• More Programming with Functions

Unit 2: JavaScript Functions

• Introduction

• Top-Down Design

• APIs and Function Parameters

• Creating Functions with Parameters

• Looping and Random Numbers

• Design a Digital Scene

Unit 3: The Internet

• Introduction

• The Basics of the Internet

• The Binary Number System

• Encoding in Binary

• Extended Learning: Blown to Bits Reading

• Coding in HTML

Unit 4: Algorithms and Abstraction on the Internet

• Introduction

• The Internet is for Everyone

• Addressing on the Internet

• Network Protocols

• Extended Learning: Blown to Bits Reading

• The Internet and Society

Unit 5: Coding and Compressing Complex Information

• Introduction

• Bytes, File Sizes, and Compression

• Encoding Images

• Extended Learning: Blown to Bits Reading

• Encode an Experience

• Introduction to Data and Trends

Unit 6: Visualizing & Learning from Data

• Introduction

• Good and Bad Data Visualizations

• Making Data Visualizations to Discover a Data Story

• Clean Data and Summary Tables

• Tell a Data Story

Unit 7: Big Data and Privacy

• Introduction

• What is Big Data?

• Identifying People with Data

• Extended Learning: Blown to Bits Reading

• Simple Encryption

• Encryption with Keys and Passwords

• Extended Learning: Blown to Bits Reading

• Cybercrime and Security Dilemmas

AP Unit 8: AP® Performance Task & Test Prep

• Introduction

• AP® EXPLORE Performance Task Preparation

• AP® EXPLORE Performance Task

• Introduction

• The EXPLORE Performance Task Preparation

• The EXPLORE Performance Task

About the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®)

• Introduction

Unit 1: Programming with App Lab

• Introduction

• Event-Driven Programming

• Multi-Screen Apps

• Controlling Memory with Variables

• Variable Scope

Unit 2: User Input, Variables, and Conditions

• Introduction

• User Input and Strings

• if Statements and Boolean Expressions

• if-else-if and Conditional Logic

• Build a Two-Player Game App

Unit 3: Data Structures - Loops, Simulations, and Arrays

• Introduction

• while Loops

• Loops and Simulations

• Introduction to Arrays

• More with Arrays

Unit 4: Data Structures - Functions

• Introduction

• Processing Arrays

• Functions with Return Values

• Improving an App

• AP® EXPLORE Performance Task Review and Final Submission

Unit 5: AP Preparing for the CREATE Performance Task

• Introduction

• Performance Task Submission Requirements

• AP® CREATE Performance Task Preparation

• Review: Preparing for the AP® CREATE Performance Task

• Review: Preparing for the CREATE Performance Task

Unit 6: AP Performance Task and Test Prep

• Introduction

Unit 6: DC Performance Task

• Introduction

• AP® CREATE Performance Task

• CREATE Performance Task

Unit 7: Programming a Musical Composition

• Introduction

• EarSketch Basics

• Getting Started with EarSketch

• Musical Composition

• Make Your Own Kind of Music

Unit 8: Final Project - Creativity in Programming

• Introduction

• Final Project Planning

• Creating the Final Project

• Final Project Planning