High School Computer Science Knowledge Base

Core Curriculum

• Theme A: Concepts of computer science
  • Computer Fundamentals
  • Networks
  • Databases
  • Machine Learning

• Theme B: Computational thinking and problem solving
  • Computational Thinking
  • Programming
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Abstract Data Types

Internal Assessment

• Full official IA rubrics
• Three biggest mistakes students make with the IA
• About the Internal Assessment

Case Study

• Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Case study: Generative AI for image creation—a diffuse vision (May and November 2027)

Course Topics

• Programming Fundamentals
  • Code Reading, Tracing & Prediction
  • Debugging
  • Python Basics (variables, types, input/output, conditionals, loops, functions)
  • Testing
  • References and cheatsheets
• Data & Databases
  • Data Structures (lists & dictionaries)
  • ORM (SQLAlchemy), Binary & File I/O
  • SQL & Relational Databases
• Version Control & Dev Environment
• Pathways
  • Computational Biology · Patterns
  • Computing in Business · Decisions
  • Computer Science · Algorithms
  • Game Programming · Systems
  • Practical Computing · Automation
• What is complexity?
• AI and AI modes