The global video games industry has more than doubled in value in the past decade. Over 200,000 new tech jobs will be created in Canada next year. Games and web applications are exciting places to learn and apply programming skills. This course is appropriate for students who either have a basic understanding of programming, are experienced in Computer Studies courses, or are interested in learning about programming. This is an excellent course for students going into post-secondary studies in Science or Business. It is an ideal course for students going into Computer Science or Engineering. In Programming 11&12, we cover many of the same topics covered in first year programming courses.

Students will learn functional and object-oriented programming in a wide variety of applications, including game design principles. The course will use a variety of programming languages and tools, starting with Python and progressing to C and Java, and MySQL. As students develop their programming skills, they can create increasingly more complicated and interesting applications.