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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Foundations of CS is the class that counts for Tech Credit and is offered in some middle schools an enables skipping AP CS Principles. The you have Programming 1 (not tech credit, usually C/C++, decades-obsolete course), and then AP CS A (Java) aka "Programming 2". If your student is interested in CS, at the level of home hobbyist before HS, you need to take Foundations of CS in middle school or 9th and then fight to skip Programming 1 in HS. Or go to a SMACS program that runs through this curriculum at accelerated pace equivalent to 2 courses per year. [/quote] I will add to PP's post that if your kid is not interested in pursuing more computer science, then skipping Foundations of CS and just taking AP Computer Science Principles is a good idea, because you get an AP for it.[/quote] But AP CSP is not available in middle school the way that FoCS is, which is only in some middle schools.[/quote]
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