Computer Science Course Objectives
- Students will learn to use technology effectively to solve a given problem.
- Students will gain a basic understanding of computer hardware.
- Students will learn how to use computer systems and applications that will enable them to complete required work in various subjects. Applications include Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
- Students will learn HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and create and maintain a personal web page and electronic portfolio.
- Students will gain an appreciation of the role of technology in life, work, and learning.
- Students will learn the systematic design of computer programs:
- to read problems carefully
- to elicit the problem data
- to formulate a goal statement and illustrate it with concrete examples
- to organize the available data in the form of a program template
- to write a computer program to solve the problem
- to translate the examples into tests to check the program for basic mistakes