AP Computer Science A: Beginner Java Programming

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Unit 1: Primitive Types

Lecture 1: Why Programming? Why Java?

Lecture 2: Compilation and Execution

Lecture 3: Java Programming Tool Setup

Lecture 4: Anatomy of a Java Program

Lecture 5: Print Statements

Lecture 6: Compile-time Errors

Lecture 7: Data Types

Lecture 8: Arithmetic Operators and Expressions

Lecture 9: Arithmetic Expression Type Rules

Lecture 10: Modulo Operator

Lecture 11: Runtime Errors

Lecture 12: Creating Variables

Lecture 13: Accessing Variables

Lecture 14: Modifying Variables

Lecture 15: Variables Exercise

Lecture 16: Naming Variables

Lecture 17: Final Variables

Lecture 18: Compound Assignment Operators

Lecture 19: Type Casting

Lecture 20: Rounding Numbers

Lecture 21: Widening and Narrowing Casting

Chapter 2: Unit 3: Boolean Expressions and if Statements

Lecture 1: What is Boolean?

Lecture 2: Boolean Variables

Lecture 3: Relational Operators

Lecture 4: Relational Operator Precedence

Lecture 5: Using Relational Operators

Lecture 6: Logical Operators

Lecture 7: Truth Tables

Lecture 8: Short-Circuit Evaluation

Lecture 9: Logical Operator Precedence

Lecture 10: Using Logical Operators

Lecture 11: Boolean Variables in Expressions

Lecture 12: De Morgan's Laws

Lecture 13: if Statements

Lecture 14: else Statements

Lecture 15: else if Statements

Lecture 16: Multi-Way Selection

Lecture 17: Variable Scope

Lecture 18: Variable Lifetime

Chapter 3: Unit 4: Iteration

Lecture 1: Introduction to Iteration

Lecture 2: While Loops

Lecture 3: An Iteration of a Loop

Lecture 4: While Loops in Code

Lecture 5: Loop Termination

Lecture 6: For Loops

Lecture 7: Variable Scope and Lifetime in the Loop Header

Lecture 8: Variable Scope and Lifetime in the Loop Body

Lecture 9: For Loops vs While Loops

Chapter 4: Unit 2: Using Objects & Unit 5: Writing Classes

Lecture 1: Classes and Objects

Lecture 2: Instance Variables

Lecture 3: Constructors

Lecture 4: Creating Objects

Lecture 5: Accessing Instance Variables

Lecture 6: Static Variables

Lecture 7: Instance Methods

Lecture 8: Static Methods

Lecture 9: Access Modifiers

Chapter 5: Unit 6: Array

Lecture 1: Arrays

Lecture 2: Creating Arrays

Lecture 3: Traversing Arrays

Chapter 6: Unit 8: 2D Array

Lecture 1: 2D Arrays

Lecture 2: Creating 2D Arrays

Lecture 3: Traversing 2D Arrays

Chapter 7: Unit 7: ArrayList

Lecture 1: Array vs ArrayList

Lecture 2: Creating ArrayLists

Lecture 3: ArrayList Methods

Chapter 8: Unit 9: Inheritance

Lecture 1: Inheritance

Lecture 2: Subclass and Superclass

Lecture 3: Inheriting Fields and Methods

Chapter 9: Unit 10: Recursion

Lecture 1: Recursion

Lecture 2: Declaring Recursive Methods

Lecture 3: Recursive Method Calls