Henry Ford Early College

Student Opportunity – Apple Foundation Program

  • HFC will offer another cohort for the Apple Foundation Program this Fall 2024 for youth in high school. The Apple Foundation Program is an 80-hour curriculum built by Apple Inc. to introduce mobile application development to a more diverse audience.
  • The program requires no coding experience. It uses a challenge-based learning environment to bring the student through the creative process of identifying a challenge and designing an application prototype solution.
  • As an introductory course, the program touches on the elements of application development below.
    • Design Thinking
    • User Research
    • Prototyping apps and conceptual design
    • User Interface and User Experience design
    • Introduction to Swift coding
    • Introduction to Xcode
    • Storytelling
    • Presentation and pitching of ideas
  • Students will attend Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays for 10 weeks to complete the program. if interested please complete and return the registration form attached.
  • If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cassandra Myers at 313.317.6604.
  • October 1st to December 12th, 2024
  • High School Age Youth Only
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays
    • 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
  • Saturdays
    • 9-1 pm
  • Location: Mtec (East Campus)
  • 3601 Schaefer Rd
  • Dearborn, MI 48126
  • *(Youth should expect to participate on all days)