This program offers a full semester's worth of rigorous, for-credit high school programming material in a condensed six-week summer session, taught by dedicated faculty in small class sizes.
The Harker School Summer Institute offers a rigorous, for-credit programming course for high school students, equivalent to academic year courses. This program helps entry-level computer science students develop computational thinking skills through algorithmic problem-solving and abstraction. Students are introduced to software design techniques and then develop programs to embody their solutions. The curriculum emphasizes analyzing and decomposing complex problems into smaller, manageable parts, and students learn to store and manipulate objects in data structures. The course aims to foster an appreciation for elegant solutions and the thrill of achieving them. Programming concepts are currently taught using the Java programming language. Successful completion of this course can prepare students for Advanced Placement Computer Science A.
Students attend classes either from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., with nightly homework and study time typically lasting two to three hours. They also have tests/quizzes twice a week.
This program is ideal for high school students (grades 9-12) who are entry-level computer science students looking to develop computational thinking skills and prepare for advanced computer science studies.
500 Saratoga Ave., San Jose, CA 95129
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