cole Secondaire Rgionale

Charlottenburgh-Lancaster District High School

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Course Description 67ro! 8inistr39Course Calendar:

This cours e introduc e s stud e n t s to comp u t e r scienc e. Stud e n t s will design softwar e indep e n d e n tly and as part of a tea m, using industry- stan d a r d progr a m mi n g tools and applying the softwar e dev elop m e n t life- cycle mod el. They will also write and use subprogr a m s within comp u t e r progr a m s . Stud e n t s will develop crea tiv e solutions for various types of proble m s as their und er s t a n di n g of the comp u tin g environ m e n t grows. They will also explore environ m e n t a l and ergono mi c issue s, em e r gi n g rese a r c h in comp u t e r scienc e, and global care e r tren d s in comp u t e r- relat e d fields.
Overall Expectations 67ro! 8inistr3 ;uidelines: A1. de m o n s t r a t e the ability to use differe n t dat a typ e s , including one- dime n sio n al arra ys , in comp u t e r progr a m s ; A2. de m o n s t r a t e the ability to use control struct u r e s and simple algorith m s in comp u t e r progr a m s ; A3. de m o n s t r a t e the ability to use subpro gr a m s within comp u t e r progr a m s ; A4. use prop e r code maint e n a n c e tech niq u e s and conve n tio n s when cre a tin g comp u t e r progr a m s . B1. use a variet y of proble m- solving stra t e gi e s to solve differe n t type s of proble m s indep e n d e n tl y and as part of a tea m ; B2. design softw ar e solutions to me e t a variet y of challen g e s ; B3. design algorith m s according to specification s ; B4. apply a softw ar e dev elo p m e n t life- cycle mod el to a softw ar e dev elop m e n t project. C1. relat e the specification s of comp u t e r comp o n e n t s to user require m e n t s ; C2. use appro p ri a t e file maint e n a n c e practic e s to orga ni e and safe g u a r d dat a;

C3. de mo n s t r a t e an und er s t a n d i n g of the softw ar e dev elo p m e n t proc e s s . D1. describ e policies on comp u t e r us e that pro mo t e environ m e n t a l stew a r d s hi p and sust ain a bility; D2. de m o n s t r a t e an und e r s t a n di n g of em e r gi n g are a s of comp u t e r scienc e res e a r c h; D3. describ e posts e c o n d a r y educ a tio n and care e r pros p e c t s relat e d to comp u t e r studie s.

Assessment & Evaluation

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A$).*)he 7inal Su!!ati2e .2aluation is a !ini!u! o7 12 B hours in length and co2ers the entire se!esterCs "or=% Textbook escription 6include title# author# 5S1A D# a>>ro-i!ate re>lace!ent cost: An Introduction to Programming using Microsoft Visual Basic Reference Only /uthors* 1eth 1ro"n 1ruce ?resle3 ?ublishers* La"rence2ille ?ress 5S1A* 1-E79(33-('-7 Re>lace!ent Cost* F+'%''

Su!!este In ivi ual Resources 6reco!!ended to be >urchased b3 student: Students !ust ha2e a binder 7or notes /rri2e in class "ith >encil or >en 8e!or3 stic= 7or >roGects and bac=u> 7iles

Lat e As si g n m e n t s : !ll evalu a tion s are due within the time fram e specified by the teac h e r . Stud e n t s will be provide d with a dat e for sub mis sion for assign m e n t s throu g h o u t the se m e s t e r . This dat e is up to the discre tio n of the teac h e r. ! stud e n t mus t be proactiv e and com m u nic a t e with his"h er teac h e r prior to the sub mis sion of an assign m e n t in order to avoid receiving a #$ %no evide n c e & for the assign m e n t . 'n a cas e by cas e basis, a late assign m e n t may be acce p t e d until it is unre a s o n a b l e for the teac h e r to mar( it or such ext e n sio n would be unfair or place other stud e n t s at a disadv a n t a g e . (

Ot"er# $E%A&IOUR* Students are e->ected to conduct the!sel2es in a courteous and res>ect7ul !anner at all ti!es to"ards sta77 and students% )he3 are e->ected to be in their seat "ith their a>>ro>riate !aterials and their ho!e"or= co!>leted be7ore the bell rings% H 8ore details in student handboo=% A$SENTEEIS'# Students "ho "ill be absent 7or a >rolonged >eriod o7 ti!e should noti73 the teacher in ad2ance o7 the absenteeis! and obtain 7ro! the teacher an outline o7 the to>ics and a list o7 the >ages in their te-t that "ill be studied% A$).* 1% Students are e->ected to be >resent in class on the da3 and during the ti!e stated b3 their teacher 7or ALL tests# e-a!inations and su!!ati2e e2aluations% (% Aor!all3 there "ill be no re"rite o7 a test% )he teacher !a3 at his or her discretion re@uire a student to co!>lete a !issed e2aluation% 1e >re>ared to "rite the !issed e2aluation the da3 o7 3our return to school% /bsenteeis! 7ro! an e2aluation 7or an3 reason other than an e!ergenc3 situation 6illness# accident# hos>italiIation# 7uneral: "ill result in a Iero% 5t is the studentCs res>onsibilit3 to >ro2ide a >ro>er !edical certi7icate# or docu!entation to 2eri73 the e!ergenc3 situation on returning to school% 5n the e2ent that the teacher does not re@uire the student to "rite a !issed e2aluation# and the e2aluation "as !issed because o7 an e!ergenc3 situation# the 7ollo"ing "ill a>>l3* < < < the 7irst e2aluation !issed# the !ar= assigned is /1S%J there "ill be no bene7it and no >enalt3J the second e2aluation !issed# the teacher "ill assess a !ar= ta=ing into consideration the studentCs >ast >er7or!ance and the classCs >er7or!ance on the !issed e2aluationJ the third and subse@uent e2aluation !issed# the !ar= assigned "ill be Iero%

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SU''ATI&E E&ALUATIONS# 5n the case o7 e!ergenc3 situation or an illness# ha2e 3our >arents call the school at 347 - (441 be7ore the e-a!% $n 3our return 3ou "ill re@uire a doctorCs certi7icate 7or the e2aluation6s: that 3ou ha2e !issed% (LA)IARIS' Students are e->ected to sub!it "or= that re7lects their o"n hard "or= and e77orts and not "or= that has been co>ied 7ro! a 7riend# a boo=# the 5nternet or other sources% ?lagiaris! "ill result in the dis@uali73ing o7 the assign!ent% )he student shall recei2e a !ar= o7 Iero 7or the assign!ent "ith no >ossibilit3 o7 !a=e u>% /lso# "or= cannot be du>licated or used to"ard credit in !ore than one class%