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Computer Programming & Game Design

Instructor John Wagner

Instructor 

John Wagner

john.wagner@ncsuvt.org

802-334-5469 x 3434

Scope and Sequence

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  • GRADES 10-12 | 120 MINUTES DAILY

  • Co-Enrollment in Algebra or higher

    A blue background with text showing a total of 6 credits, with 3 credits for each of year 1 and year 2, and 1 science credit.

  • VTSU CIS 1151  Website Development 

     3 credits

    VTSU CIS 2271  Java Programming 

    3 credits

    AP Computer Science

  • ACT National Career Readiness Certificate

    W3 Schools HTML Certificate

    W3 Schools CSS Certificate

Class Overview

This program forms the groundwork for the increasing number of Internet and Computer Game and Entertainment Related Careers ranging from Computer Programmer (covering applications, web and game programming), Game Designer, Web Designer, Graphic Designer (for web-based graphics, print-media and game graphics) and Database Designer. Web programming (using JavaScript and PHP) and E-Commerce are covered. Programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, PHP and SQL will be covered as well as multimedia tools: Photoshop, Blender, Inkscape and Game Programming tools (Gamemaker). Additional topics such as interactive websites with Javascript and 3D Game Programming will also be covered.