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Vicki Coffman Computer Science Pre-AP Advanced Placement CS3

Pre-AP Topics Variables and constants Data types Program input/output Data abstraction and encapsulation Control structures Boolean logic Program design

Pre-AP Tools All of these are free downloads – URLs are on the syllabus. Scratch Alice Jeroo

Textbook Information (Pre-AP) A+ Computer Science Stacey Armstrong (Your student should have taken this home on a USB drive.)

Advanced Placement Topics (plus review of pre-AP topics) One and two dimensional arrays Algorithms –Searching –Sorting –Traversal –Insertion –Deletion GridWorld case study

Advanced Placement is strictly Java! // Java0401.java // This program demonstrates one-way selection with. // Run the program twice. First with Sales equals to 300,000 // and a second time with Sales equals 500,000. public class Java0401 { public static void main (String args[]) { System.out.println("\nJAVA0401.JAVA\n"); double sales = ; double bonus = ; if (sales >= ) bonus += 500.0; System.out.println("Yearly bonus: " + bonus); System.out.println(); }

Textbook Information (Advanced Placement) Exposure Java Leon Schram (Your student should have taken this home on a USB drive.)

AP Information (Pre-AP students, please consider continuing to AP!) Prepare to Succeed in College AP courses can help you acquire the skills and habits you'll need to be successful in college. You'll improve your writing skills, sharpen your problem-solving abilities, and develop time management skills, discipline, and study habits. Earn College Credit and Placement More than 90 percent of four-year colleges in the United States and colleges in more than 60 other countries give students credit, advanced placement or both on the basis of AP Exam scores. By entering college with AP credits, you'll have the time to move into upper level courses, pursue a double-major or study abroad.

CSIII Topics (Advanced Placement students, please consider for next year!) Continuation of CS AP topics, plus Stacks, queues, linked lists, binary trees, heaps, maps, sets Hashing Algorithm analysis and Big-O Individual projects

Tutorials/Computer Science Club Tutorials M-F 2:30PM – 3:00PM (at least) Computer Science Club, T & Th, 2:30PM - ? Conference period: 2 nd (8:25AM – 9:15AM)

UIL Information The University Interscholastic League offers the most comprehensive literary and academic competitive program in the nation. These activities, which exist to complement the academic curriculum, are designed to motivate students as they acquire higher levels of knowledge, to challenge students to confront issues of importance, and to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of specific skills.

Programming Contest Information We attend numerous written and hands- on programming contests during the year. All are on Saturdays, usually from 7AM to 3PM (approximately). We attend between one and three contests per month. I can usually take pretty much as many people as want to go. I favor those who show up for club.

Code Wars Information HP Code Wars is a first class computer programming competition for high school students. Hosted on Hewlett- Packard's Houston campus, the Code Wars experience is unlike any other programming competition. The event successfully combines several quality ingredients: the high-tech HP environment, a wide range of programming challenges, large amounts of good "programmer" food (pizza and caffeine), music, plus loads of giveaways (including gift bags and door prizes) -- all in an exciting, stimulating, and competitive environment. In the past, I have been able to take 15 people. I favor those who do extra projects and show up for club.

IBM Master the Mainframe In the fall semester of 2013, IBM is running its ninth annual Master the Mainframe Contest for college and university students across the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec). High school students are also encouraged to compete! No experience with mainframes is necessary. In fact, the contest is designed for students with little or no mainframe experience, increasing with difficulty as the contest progresses. Students just need to bring drive and competitive spirit. reg.dfw.ibm.com/contest/usaca.nsf