Computer Programming IIA & IIB

One-semester course with full-year option. Computer Programming IIA & IIB will teach more in-depth Python programming and will focus on object-oriented programming. Students will advance their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills and learn how Python represents data and programs as objects. In In Computer Programming IIA, students will learn recursion, classes/objects, and other higher level skills. In Computer Programming IIB, students will continue to practice recursion and classes/objects as well as inheritance, sets, and more. Both courses will use Python, a programming language.  You will need to download Python for the course: https://www.python.org/downloads/.  

Prerequisites: This course is designed for students who have some experience in programming.  Students should successfully be able to understand basic computer commands, variables, looping, If/else statements, While and For loops, lists, tuples, and turtles in Python.  Students are required to understand algebraic, geometric, and other high-level math concepts to write some of the programs in this course. Students should have completed and mastered Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Introduction to Computer Programming (WTMA Computer Programming IB).

Which level is right for my student?

• Students who have completed Computer Programming IB should sign up for level IIA.

Requirements:

• PC with Windows 8+ Operating System  (Python 9.5 can not be downloaded on Windows 7 or earlier.)
• Download the Windows embeddable package (64-bit) found here: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
• Have permissions to read, write, and edit files
• Have a plain text editor (ex: Notepad)
• Basic computer literacy
  • able to find file folders and locations
  • save, delete, edit files
  • download files
  • use file manager to find the location of files
• Basic mathematical knowledge (Student should have passed Pre-Algebra.)
  • Area of rectangles, triangles, and circles
    • Solve mathematical equations
    • Understand and compute exponents
    • Solve order of operation problems
    • Evaluate mathematical equations given numbers to input (including the distance formula)