TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
MULTIMEDIA DESIGN 1A (6710)*
- Grade Level - 9, 10, 11, 12
- Length - One Semester
- Type of Course - Elective
- Prerequisite - None
- Criteria for Enrollment - Interest in developing computer multimedia and design skills through creative projects including 2-D animation.
- Course Description - This is an introductory computer graphics design course with a focus on motion graphics software. Coursework consists of 2-D design and includes a variety of animation projects created with software such as Photoshop Elements, Macromedia Flash, Moviemaker and PowerPoint along with video cameras and electronic graphics tablets. Creative work is supported by learning traditional art and design principles, consideration and critique of mass media, historic study of animation and the study of contemporary multimedia artists and designers.
NOTE: This course fulfills one semester of the UC VPA requirement.
*This class will be offered pending adequate enrollment.
MULTIMEDIA DESIGN 1B (6720)*
- Grade Level - 9, 10, 11, 12
- Length - One Semester
- Type of Course - Elective
- Prerequisite - Multimedia Design 1A
- Criteria for Enrollment - Interest in developing computer multimedia and design skills through creative projects.
- Course Description - This class develops skills in time based media such as digital storytelling, animation, and video production. The development of effective narrative structures will be emphasized so that students learn to use the various media to create intentional works with meaning. Particular attention will be paid to the design process and students' conscious development of their own creative process. Technology learning will focus on appropriate current graphics software which will be presented as tools to create original projects.
NOTE: This course fulfills one semester of the UC VPA requirement.
*This class will be offered pending adequate enrollment.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH JAVA (9210)*
- Grade Level - 10, 11, 12
- Length - One Year
- Type of Course - Elective
- Prerequisite - Completion of Geometry (reg or H) and second year Algebra (2, 2H, 1 Accel) with a 3.0 GPA in these courses, or approval of instructor.
- Criteria for Enrollment - Interest in taking a course in programming that prepares students for the Advanced Placement Computer Science A exam.
- Course Description - This course introduces the student to the concepts of computer programming, including program design, control structures, data structures and algorithms, using the Java programming language. Students will study and learn to write programs in the Java programming language, with an emphasis on problem solving. In the second semester, students will study advanced concepts and techniques such as objects, inheritance, abstract data types, arrays, lists, queues, trees, searching, sorting, and recursion. This course prepares the student to pass the Advanced Placement Computer Science A exam. Students are required to take the Advanced Placement test administered in May.
*Programming courses will be offered pending adequate enrollment and staffing availablity.