Curriculum

CS50 for AP Computer Science Principles includes materials from CS50T (Understanding Technology) and CS50x (Introduction to Computer Science) as well as two AP-specific modules (Data Science and Impact of Computing).

CS50T

Adapted from cs50.harvard.edu/technology/2017/weeks.

• Hardware
• Internet
• Multimedia
• Security
• Web Development, also in CS50x’s Web Track
• Programming, also in CS50x’s Week 0

CS50x

Adapted from cs50.harvard.edu/x/2020/weeks.

0. Scratch
1. C
2. Arrays
3. Algorithms
4. Memory
5. Data Structures
6. Python
7. SQL
8. Privacy

• Tracks, wherein the Web Track is recommended
• Final Project, akin to the Create Performance Task

AP Modules

• Data Science
• Impact of Computing