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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meant AP CS with java. Why does child have to take a lower class to fulfill requirement?[/quote]

This does not make sense.  MCPS (or MSDE) should allow it.[/quote]

This is how COMAR describes the requirement:
"Computer science, engineering, or technology education — one credit that includes the study of computers and algorithmic processes or the application of knowledge, tools, and skills to solve practical problems and extend human capabilities"[/quote]

"Or," there, right?  Though the lack of comma placement makes it ambiguous as to whether it is

computers AND (algorithmic processes OR application of knowledge...)

(computers AND algorithmic processes) OR application of knowledge...

Either way, I have a hard time believing that AP CS with Java doesn't touch enough on "computers."  Definitely would cover algorithms and would involve application to solve practical problems.

It's as if they don't like higher-end thought, success with which relies, to a great degree, on an understanding of more basic ideas.  If someone completes AP CS with Java successfully, it would be the reasonable presumption that they understood underlying principles well enough to ensure any state-mandated items were satisfied.  The purpose of that has to be ensurance of understanding/capability, right? [/quote]

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