Computer Arts & Sciences
The Computer Arts and Sciences Courses (Promo Flier) offer a well-rounded computer technology education program for Columbine students. The following courses are great for students who show an interest in 
art, pattern recognition, logic problems, solving puzzles, tinkering, inventions and Maker or Hacker Contests, filmmaking, 2D & 3D drawing, and math. It is suggested (but not mandatory) that students have a fundamental understanding of how computers work, a working knowledge of graphic manipulation, and the internet prior to beginning this pathway. Columbine High School offers the following computer-related arts, programming, development & design courses:
- Animation NEW Fall course offering for Fall 2018, using Adobe Animate, iMovie & After Affects
- COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES (Program Overview Flier)
- CS Programming offers an introduction to computing, programming patterns, breakdown of computing information, web code, block-coding, an introduction to gaming, geometric design programming, number pattern recognition, introduction to security, technology ethics, etc. Students in this class work with a number of coding languages such as: Python or Java, HTML or CSS or JavaScript, Arduino or Raspberry Pi, EarSketch, etc. in a variety of IDEs. Students may also choose to work in other supportive technologies including SketchUp, Blender, C#, Raspberry Pi, App Inventor, Greenfoot, XCode, etc
- AP CS Principles is designed to be equivalent to a first-semester introductory college computing
course. In this course, students will develop computational thinking skills vital for success across all disciplines, such
as using computational tools to analyze & study data and working with large data sets to analyze, visualize, and draw
conclusions from trends. The course engages students in the creative aspects of the field by allowing them to develop
computational artifacts based on their interests. Students will also develop effective communication and collaboration
skills by working individually and collaboratively to solve problems, and will discuss and write about the impacts these
solutions could have on their community, society, and the world. This course expands on CS Programming Curriculum introducing
students to higher level code programming for major languages expected in the computer science field. Special emphasis placed
on individual student project in preparation for College Board's
AP Examination. Students in this class work with many of the following languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Java,
Arduino, etc. This course gives students the opportunity to earn college credit. Prerequisite: CS Programming. As of 2018,
students may use any IDE to create a product using the following languages: Alice, MIT App Inventor, Code.org’s App Lab,
Georgia Tech’s EarSketch, Greenfoot, Java, JavaScript, Python, MIT’s Scratch, UC Berkeley’s Snap! Scratch drag-and-drop
Program, or Apple’s Swift XCode (must provide their own mac OS device).
- Code Quest - Hansen & Hanson also sponsor 2 teams competing at Lockheed Martin's annual Spring Competition
- Robotics??? Future?
- Digital Electronics course includes Resistors & Capacitors, Building Circuits, Digital Systems, Logic Gates, Logic Simplification, and Microcontroller Building, Programming & Communicating
- Digital Photo will be transitioned into Traditional Photography II Curriculum in Fall of 2018
- Film & Video that produces our daily intranetwork student news show
- Graphic Design 1, 2, 3 offers 3 semesters of Computer-Based Design with available ACC concurrent enrollment college credit and instruction in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & InDesign
- Multimedia - Audio Recording & Digital Music Media Production semester-long course introducing students to multi-track recording & sequencing, audio capturing, live sound production, composition & songwriting, Music Industry Standards, Ethical Responsibility of Music Production, FCC & Radio vs Online Streaming, etc. Grades 10 or older. May be repeated
- Web Design course focuses on the design aspect of web design in Adobe Dreamweaver IDE including prototyping, project management, and is supported by HTML, CSS & JavaScript coding learned in Computer Programming, a suggested prerequisite for this Spring course.