• Introduces students to the essential ideas of computer
• Challenges students to explore how computing and technology impact the world around
• Provides a foundation of knowledge that can be applied across disciplines, no matter the student’s major or career focus- from STEM fields to music and the arts. Chances are, no matter what field of interest, computers play a

• Creatively address world issues and
• Use the same processes and tools as artists, musicians, engineers, computer scientists and others to bring ideas to
• Conceptualize and build digital projects, such as videos or mobile apps, that have practical, real- world
• Learn how to identify threats to cyber security and ways to use the internet to address such concerns.

Creativity
Create a computational artifact for creative expression.

Abstraction
Explain how binary sequences are used to represent digital data.

Data and Information
Extract information from data to discover and explain connections, patterns, or trends.

Algorithm
Express an algorithm in a language.

Programming
Collaborate to develop a program.

Global Impact
Analyze the beneficial and harmful effects of computing.

The Internet
Explain characteristics of the Internet and the systems built on it.

Part I: Through-Course Assessments (40% of AP® Score)

1. Upload digital artifacts (e.g., a video, spreadsheet, graph, app, electronic slide show) and written responses via a Web-based digital
2. Describe or analyze your work, whether it includes research, the creation of a digital artifact, or the creation of a

Part II: End-Of-Course AP® Exam (60% of AP® Score)

1. Paper and pencil written
2. 120 minutes with 74 multiple choice
3. First administration in Plano ISD May

• Students with strong creative and computational thinking skills.
• Students who have completed Math 8 or Algebra I in 8th grade.
• Students with interest in coding/programming (no experience required).
• This course is open to all students.
• Students pursuing a variety of career and college pathways (not just STEM/computer science)

• Introduces students to the automated processing of information, including computer programming.
• Students learn digital citizenship by researching current laws and regulations and by practicing integrity and
• Students are equipped to read and write small programs in the language of Java in response to a given problem or
• No previous coding / programming experience is

• Students with strong computational thinking
• Students who have completed Algebra
• Students with interest in coding/programming (no experience required).
• This course is open to all
• Students pursuing a variety of career and college pathways (not just STEM/computer science).