--- title: "Coding and AI Classes in South Carolina | Live Online" description: "Coding and AI classes for South Carolina students, live online: the one-unit computer science diploma rule, the published figures, and a Charleston parks project." canonical: https://learn.modernagecoders.com/coding-and-ai-classes-in-south-carolina source: src/pages/coding-and-ai-classes-in-south-carolina.html --- > Coding and AI classes for South Carolina students, live online: the one-unit computer science diploma rule, the published figures, and a Charleston parks project. Skip to contentCourse picks for South Carolina ## Four courses that build past the required unit Choose by grade, then let the free lesson confirm the level. A student who has finished the school unit early can start further up. 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The four we are known for ### Python, AI, vibe coding and agentic coding These run underneath everything above. Every one is live and online, placed by ability rather than by age, and the first class is free. 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We read the regulation there on 18 October 2026, because the Department of Education website did not respond. | Topic | The regulation text | | --- | --- | | Total units | The student must earn a total of twenty-four units of credit, set out in a table of subjects | | Computer science | The unit table lists computer science 1.0 | | Keyboarding | A student who earned the one-half credit in Keyboarding by the 2017 to 2018 school year is awarded one-half unit of credit for Computer Science | | What a unit means | One unit for an academic standards-based course of at least 120 hours of instruction; one-half unit for at least 60 hours | | Advanced Placement | Schools whose structure includes grades eleven and twelve must offer Advanced Placement courses | | Virtual courses | Where a school’s courses do not meet a student’s needs, Virtual SC courses, if available, must be offered by the district | ### Since 1997 to 1998 State law, Section 59-39-100 of the South Carolina Code, records that the diploma rose to twenty-four units for students entering ninth grade in the 1997 to 1998 school year. ### The Profile of the Graduate The same section says that for students entering ninth grade from the 2018 to 2019 school year, the twenty-four units are prescribed in that section and in State Board regulation, to support the Profile of the Graduate. ### What 120 hours buys A full unit is a substantial course, but it is still one course. It can cover the basics well; it cannot also cover a second language, AP preparation and a portfolio of projects. We quote the regulation and statute as published and add no interpretation of how individual districts schedule the unit. Families with a question about a particular course should ask their school counselor, who works from the district’s course coding manual. The published figures ## Nine in ten high schools offer it; about a quarter of students were enrolled South Carolina values from two spreadsheets: Code.org’s 2025 report data (Access and Participation tabs) and the College Board count of schools giving AP exams. Where the Code.org sheet has a dash, we leave the year empty. | Year | Schools offering CS | Students enrolled in CS | | --- | --- | --- | | 2018 to 2019 | 69% | Not in the sheet | | 2019 to 2020 | 80% | Not in the sheet | | 2020 to 2021 | 90% | 21.8% | | 2021 to 2022 | 93% | 27.5% | | 2022 to 2023 | 94% | Not reported | | 2023 to 2024 | 91.7% | 25.67%, or 61,733 of 240,463 | | 2024 to 2025 | 92%, or 276 of 300 | Not reported | | Year | All schools with AP exams | Public | Non-public | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2023 | 378 | 246 | 132 | | 2024 | 380 | 305 | 75 | Against the national line these are high numbers. The Code.org national row shows 60% of high schools offering computer science and 6.4% of students enrolled in 2023 to 2024, so South Carolina’s 25.67% was about four times the national share that year. The sheet does not say which courses South Carolina counted, so we print the figure as published and do not link it to the diploma rule ourselves. The student total behind the percentage is the NCES fall 2022 count. The AP table carries its own puzzle for a careful reader: the total barely moved from 2023 to 2024, while the public and non-public columns moved sharply in opposite directions. The College Board file gives no reason, so we do not suggest one. Citation for the access and participation values: Code.org (2025). 2025 State of AI + CS Education. Signature project ## How many Charleston parks are there? A lesson in duplicates The City of Charleston Open Data hub publishes a Parks layer with one row per park or recreation facility. Counting rows gives one answer. Counting parks properly gives another, and the gap teaches more than any tutorial. | Check | Result | | --- | --- | | Rows in the layer | 132 | | Distinct FACILITYSITEID values | 131 | | Site ID that appears twice | FAC-848 | | Rows marked PARKFAC and RECFAC | 115 and 17 | | Amenity cells that are a space, empty or null | 1,640 of 1,848 | ### Pick the key Park names look like a key, and here they nearly are, but the robust choice is the facility site ID. Grouping by it shows 131 sites in 132 rows, so exactly one site is listed twice. ### Near, not exact The two FAC-848 rows are not identical copies. One link begins https and the other http, and they disagree on RESTROOM, DOGPARK and ULTIMATEGOLF. Deleting either row silently changes the amenity counts. ### Three ways to say nothing An amenity can be YES, NO, a single space, an empty string or null. PICNICAREA alone has 27 YES, 50 empty strings and 55 nulls. Students map all three blanks to one value before counting. | Amenity field | Rows marked YES | | --- | --- | | PLAYGROUND | 43 | | PICNICAREA | 27 | | BASKETBALL | 21 | | TENNIS | 15 | | DOGPARK | 11 | The project ends with a decision rather than a formula. Students write a rule, for example keep the row with the https link, document it in a comment, and rerun the counts: the dog park total then becomes 10 instead of 11. In pandas the check is `df.duplicated(subset=["FACILITYSITEID"], keep=False)`, which returns both FAC-848 rows so they can be compared side by side. The regions in the data, from the Peninsula with 70 rows to Cainhoy with 1, make a second exercise in grouping once the duplicate is resolved. ### Ours, and provisional Every count here is our own, from one download. The City of Charleston states that it makes no warranty about the data and disclaims any guarantee of accuracy or completeness, and the city publishes no park total in this form. A student who can explain exactly why their total is 131 has learned the lesson. Beyond one unit ## Using the four high school years well Our suggested plan for a South Carolina student who wants computer science to be more than a box ticked. It is advice, not a requirement, and it never replaces the school unit. | Grade | At school | With us | | --- | --- | --- | | 9 | The computer science unit, if the school schedules it early | Python foundations so the school course feels comfortable | | 10 | Other required units | Data projects like the Charleston parks cleanup, and a first web page | | 11 | Advanced Placement courses where offered | AP Computer Science Principles content and the Create task, or Java for AP CS A | | 12 | Electives and any remaining units | A larger independent project, machine learning or a competition entry | Younger students follow the same idea at a gentler pace: block coding from kindergarten, Minecraft or game coding in upper elementary, and typed Python in middle school. By ninth grade the required unit becomes a chance to shine rather than a first encounter. Class times ## Eastern Time for the whole state In the IANA time zone database, South Carolina appears in the list of states on US Eastern Time, kept under America/New_York. ### A worked example A 6:00 p.m. lesson in Columbia begins at 3:30 a.m. in India while daylight saving lasts, and at 4:30 a.m. once standard time returns. The South Carolina time never moves; only the teacher’s does. ### Two changes a year The IANA rule for the United States moves clocks on the first Sunday in November and the second Sunday in March. This school year that means November 1, 2026 and March 14, 2027. ### Confirmed in writing Every class time we send is written in Eastern Time, and we resend it in the week of each clock change so that nobody misses a lesson. Clocks inside code Students who build a simple class reminder learn to store times with a named zone such as America/New_York, not a fixed offset, so that the reminder survives the November change without a fix. Learning ladder ## From block coding to AP Computer Science Principles Typical starting points by grade; the placement lesson decides the actual rung. Grades K to 2 ### First programs Short block programs, patterns and puzzles that build the habit of thinking in steps. [Coding for Kids](/courses/kids-coding-blocks-masterclass)[Scratch Coding for Kids](/courses/scratch-programming-complete-course)Grades 3 to 6 ### Worlds and games Minecraft and game projects where loops and conditions have visible results. [Minecraft Coding for Kids](/courses/minecraft-coding-for-kids-course)[Game Development for Kids](/courses/game-development-masterclass-for-kids)Grades 7 to 9 ### Python and the web Typed code, simple data work and pages a student can share, ready for the school unit. [Python and AI for Kids](/courses/python-ai-kids-masterclass)[HTML & CSS for Beginners](/courses/html-css-course-for-beginners-build-real-websites)Grades 10 to 12 ### AP and data science AP Computer Science Principles, and Python projects on real public data. [AP Computer Science Principles](/courses/ap-computer-science-principles-exam-prep-course)[Data Science for Teens](/courses/data-science-course-for-teens-python-data)Coding and AI ## Ask an AI how many parks Charleston has, and it will count rows The tool is quick. The judgement about what counts as one park is still the student’s. Hand a chatbot the Charleston file and ask for the number of parks, and the likely reply is 132. Ask it to remove duplicates and it may delete one FAC-848 row without mentioning that the two rows disagree about a restroom and a dog park. The answer looks tidy and hides a choice nobody made on purpose. Students who have done the deduplication by hand know to ask which key was used and which copy was kept. That is how we teach AI in every course: use it to save typing, never to skip the decision, and always read what it changed. South Carolina already gives every student a unit of computer science; the habit of checking a result is what turns that unit into a skill. The longer argument is in [why learning to code still matters in 2026](/blog/is-coding-worth-learning-2026). Delivery ## From Greenville to Beaufort, the classroom is a browser tab No commute, no center, and the same lesson whether a student lives in a city or a small town. ### Learn from home Students join from their own computer in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach or anywhere else in the state. ### Built around US school Teachers use US grades and plan around the school calendar. Graded school work, including anything for the required unit, stays the student’s own. ### Start free One free lesson with a real task shows the right starting level. We ask for no card or payment details for it. ### Groups by stage Fifteen to twenty students at a similar coding level, from South Carolina and across the United States. ### Individual tuition One student and one teacher, for AP work, a faster pace or a particular project. ### Times Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. Online, from India Every lesson is live online and taught from India. Modern Age Coders has no South Carolina office or classroom and does not claim one. A computer, sound and a dependable connection are enough. Fees ## Fees for South Carolina families Three prices, in US dollars, with nothing added later. First class**USD 0** A first lesson at no cost, ending with a suggested course, level and time. Group tuition**USD 100** A month of live classes in a batch of fifteen to twenty at the same stage. Private tuition**USD 150** A month of live classes with one teacher for one student. Families anywhere in South Carolina pay the same US dollar rate. We bill only after the free lesson, once course and time are agreed; the pricing page sets out holidays and missed lessons. Request placement[Check availability](https://wa.me/919123366161?text=Hello%20Modern%20Age%20Coders%2C%20I%20would%20like%20a%20free%20coding%20or%20AI%20class%20for%20a%20student%20in%20South%20Carolina.)Reviews ## Parents and students reviewing us on Google Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews. These are real reviews, reproduced as written. ★★★★★ "The one step solution for my son. Modern Age Coders make learning coding so simple that kids love it. 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Sonu Goyal Parent ★★★★★ "I highly recommend this computer coding class! The teachers are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about coding." Ritu Kedia Parent Free placement class ## Arrange a free lesson for a South Carolina student Tell us the grade and what the student has tried so far. A kindergartner gets a block puzzle, a fifth grader a Minecraft build, and a high schooler the Charleston duplicate hunt. ### Want a class sooner? Book a priority demo A priority demo is a full class of about 45 to 60 minutes. After the class the mentor sends a written skill report and a personal learning roadmap on WhatsApp. If you enrol, the demo fee is adjusted against your first month's fee. Share your demo Order ID with us on WhatsApp and we take it off. [Book a priority demo](/book-demo) ### Contact the team directly WhatsApp or call [+91 91233 66161](tel:+919123366161), or email [connect@modernagecoders.com](mailto:connect@modernagecoders.com). This is Modern Age Coders' actual contact, an Indian number, and not an invented South Carolina one. [WhatsApp Modern Age Coders](https://wa.me/919123366161?text=Hello%20Modern%20Age%20Coders%2C%20I%20would%20like%20a%20free%20coding%20or%20AI%20class%20for%20a%20student%20in%20South%20Carolina.) Submitted details are used for placement and follow-up. FAQ ## South Carolina coding and AI questions Answers from the regulation, the published figures and how our classes run. ### Is computer science a graduation requirement in South Carolina? Yes. State Board of Education Regulation 43-234 lists computer science 1.0 among the twenty-four units of credit required for a South Carolina high school diploma. ### Does keyboarding count toward the computer science unit? Partly. The regulation says a student who earned the one-half credit in Keyboarding by the 2017 to 2018 school year is awarded one-half unit of credit for Computer Science. ### How many hours is one unit of credit? Regulation 43-234 allows one unit for an academic standards-based course of at least 120 hours of instruction, and one-half unit for at least 60 hours. ### How many South Carolina high schools offer computer science? Code.org (2025) reports 276 of 300 South Carolina high schools, or 92%, offering computer science in 2024 to 2025. ### How many students take computer science in South Carolina? The same data reports 61,733 of 240,463 high school students, or 25.67%, enrolled in 2023 to 2024, against 6.4% nationally. ### Do South Carolina high schools have to offer AP? Regulation 43-234 says schools whose structure includes grades eleven and twelve must offer Advanced Placement courses. The College Board lists 380 schools with AP exams in 2024. ### Can a class with you count as the computer science unit? We make no such claim. Units are awarded by schools and districts under the regulation. Our classes add depth and projects alongside the school course. ### What does the Charleston parks project teach? Deduplication. Students find that 132 rows describe 131 park sites, compare the two rows for one site, choose a rule for which to keep and recount, labelling every result as their own. ### What time zone are South Carolina classes in? Eastern Time. We confirm every time in Eastern and resend it around the changes on November 1, 2026 and March 14, 2027. ### When can classes be scheduled? Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. ### Do you have a South Carolina center? No. All classes are live online from India, and no South Carolina premises exist or are claimed. 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