For the majority of the class of 2029, scheduling for sophomore year has been stressful. The diploma for the class has changed from the previous classes, and different courses have been added as a requirement to graduate.
One course students now have to take sophomore year is Computing Foundations for a Digital Age.
In this class, students will learn about the five main computer science topics, including computing systems, network, data, algorithm and planning.
Students in early college already have one computer science credit, so it’s unreasonable that they have to go back and revisit those topics.
While scheduling for this year, the counselors told the current freshman that they had to take one semester of College and Careers. They did not say anything about a required computer science class.
This threw off a lot of students while scheduling, with them now having to drop electives and even core classes.
Students should not have to drop a class like English or math for a class they didn’t even know they had to take until they got their scheduling sheets.
There are also a few students who are putting off this computer class until junior year, when they have more electives because they will be finished with their foreign language classes.
The counselors should be telling students in advance about future required classes so we can be prepared to schedule the years ahead.
The class of 2029 is the first class to participate in the course. Is it really that important of a class if no other classes before them had to take it?
Technology is constantly changing and there is a chance that the information from this class might not be relevant by the time they graduate.
This is especially true for those who want to attend a college or university. In seven years, when they get out of college, the technology we use could be different than it is now.