DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
FRESHMAN SEMINAR Course Number: 8064
Grade level: 9
Credit Value: 1
Prerequisite: N/A
The Freshman Seminar course is an innovative, yearlong course that studies human wellbeing through the lens of design thinking. Students will explore topics related to self-identity, health education, mindfulness, and study skills while applying design technology strategies and mindsets to answer questions about themselves, their communities, and the world. Throughout the course, students will practice and develop skills essential for high school success. This course will award students .5 credit in health and .5 credit in computer technology. CODING Course Number: 6509
Grade level: 1 0-12
Credit Value: .5
Prerequisite: none
This course introduces students to the principles of programming, including algorithms and logic. Students will engage in hands-on programming tasks in the JavaScript language as they write and test their own code using approaches real programmers use in the field. A broad range of foundational concepts such as variables, loops, data types, functions, and conditional statements will be explored. Students will exercise their creativity and problem-solving skills to create a series of simple applications (apps) that live on the web. 61
