About the Program The Computer Science/Programming Program prepares students to create code using a number of languages. The four semester-long courses are offered as Running Start courses through Great Bay Community College. All courses taught at Portsmouth High School Earn 12 College Credits (4 courses-3 credits per course) Gordon Reynolds: Computer Science/Programming Gordon began his computer career in the late nineties as a Web Programmer during the early boom of the web. After working for a few different programming companies for the first seven years of his career, he started his own Web Development business in 2007. Gordon has a Bachelor of Science degree in IT, and a Webmaster’s Certificate from the University of Cincinnati. He also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of NH . In 2014, Gordon started his teaching career at Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield Mass. as the Computer Science Instructor. In 2017, he and his wife moved to the Portsmouth area. Gordon really enjoys teaching and sharing his passion for computer science with students and is really looking forward to building the new Computer Science Program at Portsmouth High School Career Technical Center. Education Courses Introduction to Computer Science – Course #649 Object Oriented Programming – Course #689 (prerequisite for course #650, 651 and 690) Intro to Python – Course #650 Web Development I – Course #651 Intro to Java – Course #690 Units of Study Windows Basics Overview Infinite Campus Google Apps Basics Computer History Privacy & Security Binary & Hexadecimal Numbers Databases PhotoShop Virtual Computer Build App Inventor Web Development Options for Continuing Education University of New Hampshire Great Bay Community College
CIS 112 Object Oriented Programming
CIS 148 Intro to Java
CIS 124 Web Development
CIS 177 Intro to Python
