About This Course
A full year of computer science that starts from nothing. You will write modern C#, create console programs, draw and animate with Raylib, complete the Create performance task, and prepare for the AP exam. No prior programming experience is assumed.
You will use two kinds of programs throughout the course. Console apps make input, arithmetic, and algorithms easy to inspect. Raylib apps turn the same ideas into shapes, motion, interaction, simulations, and games.
Course activities are in development. The sequence below shows what is planned; activity links will appear as each lesson is published.
Course Content
Unit 1: Creative Development and the Language
Setting Up Your WorkspaceActivity 1.1: Welcome to AP CSPActivity 1.2: Your First WindowActivity 1.3: Variables and TypesActivity 1.4: Asking a QuestionActivity 1.5: Doing the MathPlannedActivity 1.6: Ask, Compute, AnswerPlannedActivity 1.7: Making It MovePlannedActivity 1.8: True or FalsePlannedActivity 1.9: Deciding at the EdgesPlannedActivity 1.10: More Than Two ChoicesPlannedActivity 1.11: Asking Two Things at OncePlannedActivity 1.12: Decisions on ScreenPlannedActivity 1.13: Taking ControlPlannedActivity 1.14: Collision and StatePlannedActivity 1.15: Doing It AgainPlannedActivity 1.16: Counting LoopsPlannedActivity 1.17: Loops Inside LoopsPlannedActivity 1.18: ListsPlannedActivity 1.19: Length, Indices, and CopiesPlannedActivity 1.20: Going Through a ListPlannedActivity 1.21: Writing a FunctionPlannedActivity 1.22: Returning an AnswerPlannedActivity 1.23: Drawing a FleetPlannedActivity 1.24: Creative Artifact — PlanPlannedActivity 1.25: Creative Artifact — BuildPlannedActivity 1.26: Quarter 1 Practice ExamPlannedBouncing LogoBonusStyled Number GameBonusPongBonusDodgerBonusStarfieldBonusSnakeBonusSprite AnimationBonusUnit 2: Data and Algorithms
Sessions 27–33: Bits, Text, Color, Sound, and Numeric LimitsPlannedSessions 34–36: Compression and MetadataPlannedSessions 37–39: Data, Bias, and VisualizationPlannedSessions 40–42: Algorithms and SearchPlannedSessions 43–45: Efficiency, Reasonable Time, and HeuristicsPlannedSessions 46–47: Simulation, Libraries, and APIsPlannedSession 48: Proposal and ScopePlannedSessions 49–51: BuildPlannedSession 52: Gallery and Practice ReferencePlannedUnit 3: Create, Systems, and Impact
Sessions 53–54: Requirements and ProposalPlannedSessions 55–62: Create Work SessionsPlannedSessions 63–64: Project Reference, Video, and SubmissionPlannedSessions 65–68: Internet Systems and PerformancePlannedSessions 69–71: Distributed Computing and SecurityPlannedSessions 72–77: Benefits, Harms, Access, Bias, Ethics, and PrivacyPlannedSession 78: Quarter ReviewPlannedUnit 4: AP Exam Preparation
Diagnostic and Targeted ReteachingPlannedMultiple-Choice PracticePlannedWritten Responses with Your Project ReferencePlannedFull Timed Practice ExamsPlanned