Intro to Computing & Data Science

Grades 9-12 (URI college credit available for students)

Intro To Computing and Data Science (ICDS) is a one semester course for all students (not just those interested in computer science as a career) that introduces computer programming in an engaging, fun, creative way and provides the computational thinking skills of programming, algorithm development, and data analysis that can be used in other classes.

College Credit
This course can earn students 4 URI college credits through the URI CS Concurrent Enrollment Program.

New Curriculum in 2023!

This course has a new curriculum starting in Fall 2023 that is designed to meet the RI Computer Science Education Standards and align to RIDE’s plans for requiring Computer Science as a graduation requirement. Explore the new curriculum topics. The 2022 Curriculum will no longer be supported or eligible for concurrent enrollment after June 2024.