Texas Computer Science 2
- Level High School
- Contact Hours 170
- Timeframe Year
This course is designed to foster students' creativity and innovation by presenting opportunities to design, implement, and present meaningful programs through a variety of media.
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System Administration
Students learn the importance of application security, investigate security options, and implement user accounts to enforce authentication and authorization. |
Networking Fundamentals
Students explore the structure and design of the internet and networks, and how this design affects the reliability of network communication, the security of data, and personal privacy. |
Introduction to Programming in Java with Karel the Dog
Students learn the basics of java commands, control structures, and problem solving by solving puzzles with Karel. |
Basic Java
Students learn the basics of the Java programming language, including printing, variables, types, and basic control structures. |
Methods
Students learn how to define and test methods in their Java programs. |
Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
Students learn how objects store data and interact with each other in Java programs. |
Data Structures
Students learn basic data structures in Java including arrays, ArrayLists, 2 dimensional arrays and HashMaps. |
Steganography Lab
Students use the code from Picture Lab to explore the concepts of steganography and 2D arrays, hiding images or text inside of other images. |
Algorithms and Recursion
Students learn fundamental searching and sorting algorithms, as well as the important concept of recursion. |
Celebrity Lab
Students discuss class design as it relates to the game Celebrity, where a person or team tries to guess the name of a celebrity from a given clue or set of clues. |
Final Project
Students create a website of their own choosing, go through a feedback process, and learn about making their websites more accessible to a wide array of users. |
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