CI 488

Credit: 4 hours.

Designed as the capstone project course for the high school computer science endorsement program. As part of this course, students will further their knowledge of computer programming by learning about different applications of computer programming that can be implemented in high school classrooms. Topics will vary across semesters to ensure that they reflect topics that are current applications of computer science. Students will apply their programming knowledge to the creation of video games (game programming), the analysis of digital data (data science) and the programming of physical robots (robotics). Students will select a topic of their choice related to a unique application of computer programming and will work towards the design of lesson plans associated with this topic. Throughout the semester, they will design course material appropriate for high school classrooms.

4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Students are required to have successfully completed CI 486 (Methods for CS Teachers) and CI 487 (Data Structures for CS Teachers) or an equivalent data structure class.