Unit 1: Creative Development

Collaboration

Collaboration & Innovation

Collaborative Development

Interpersonal Skills

Program Function and Purpose

Purpose of a computing innovation

Program Functionality

Program Design and Development

Program Inputs

Program Outputs

Development Process

Program & UI Design

Purpose of a code segment

Code Attribution

Identifying and Correcting Errors

Error Identification

Error Correction

Unit 2: Data

Binary Numbers

Bit Representation

Consequences of using bits: overflow and rounding errors

Binary Numbers

Data Compression

Compression Algorithms

Extracting Information from Data

Data Analysis & Patterns

Metadata

Challenges associated with processing data

Using Programs with Data

Programmatic Data Extraction

Data Insights

Unit 3: Algorithms and Programming

Data Types & Structures

Variables & Assignment

Lists

Strings

List Operations

Mathematical Expressions

Algorithm Expression

Sequential Code

Arithmetic Expressions

Boolean Expressions

Boolean Expressions & Operators

Control Structures

Conditionals

Iteration & Loops

Developing Algorithms

Algorithm Development

Search Algorithms

Linear Search

Binary Search

Procedures

Calling Procedures

Developing Procedures

Libraries

Appropriate libraries or APIs

Simulations

Relationship between simulations & real-world

Algorithmic Efficiency

Efficiency of an algorithm

Undecidable Problems

Existence of undecidable problems in computing

Study tools

• College Board AP® Computer Science Principles · Past Papers

Related links

• AP® Computer Science · Revision Notes
• AP® Computer Science · Past Papers
• AP® Computer Science · Glossary