MARTIN LUTHER KING HIGH SCHOOL-
Martin Luther King High School
9301 Wood Road Riverside, CA 92508 P: 951-789-5690 F: 951-778-5680 AP Computer Science This is an advanced placement course with instruction in the Java programming language. This course prepares students to take the AP examination in Computer Science. Emphasis is on programming methodology, algorithms, and data structures. The College Board syllabus for Advanced Placement Computer Science will be followed. Business Management and Entrepreneurship This course is designed to acquaint students with a better understanding of the business world. It is designed to provide student with skills for use as consumers as well as members of the business community. The course provides students with instructional and practical applications that will serve them in their future roles as employees or employers. Students will participate in a business simulation, working cooperatively as owners and manages of a small business. Game Design 1 (Basic Programming) This is a year-long course in Basic programming divided into two semesters. The first semester will cover topics including decision making and looping structures, arrays, and formatting. The second semester will cover object-oriented programming, data control, file handling, and graphics. Students will use the language to create programs to solve interdisciplinary problems. Use of the computer is integral to the course. Game Design 2 (C++ Programming) This course offers an "object-based" approach to programming. The focus of the course is on the object oriented paradigm of how classes are declared, defined, used, and organized into coherent designs. This course puts the procedural paradigm (along with the ideas of top-down design and stepwise refinement) into a meaningful and problem-solving context, as well as helps students develop their problem-solving skills in conjunction with their programming skills, thereby better preparing them for higher education and the workplace. Graphic Design This course emphasizes graphics to promote the marketing and advertising of an individual or business. Students learn to utilize software to develop and design newsletters, flyers, menus, advertisements, and similar documents. This course is especially recommended for students interested in futures in marketing and business. Information Technology This course emphasizes graphics to promote the marketing and advertising of an individual or business. Students learn to utilize software to develop and design newsletters, flyers, menus, advertisements, and similar documents. This course is especially recommended for students interested in futures in marketing and business. Web Design 1 This project-oriented class explores the fundamental principles behind the creation of an effective web presence, as well as the role of the web designer in today’s information culture. Students evaluate layout designs of various web sites on the Internet. Coursework includes creating web pages working with text, using paragraphs, layouts, storyboarding techniques, flowcharts, tables, cells, and frames; Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) links; Word Editor (note Pad), Publisher, and FrontPage 2000. Students utilize such Internet Browsers as Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator to view their web page projects. Students learn to use graphic images in JPEG, GIF, and TIFF formats, as well as importing images using available peripherals. Web Design 2 The Web Design II course builds on the curriculum of the Web Design I introductory class. This course will include the following: using web editors and graphic editors to further develop advanced design techniques, implementing advanced HTML concepts such as frames and forms to promote interactivity, JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, Flash, and other emerging technologies. The purpose of this course is to help students achieve mastery web design technology in the development of school and business web sites, and prepare for Webmaster Certification. |
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