What Will I learn?
Computer Science is a practical subject where you can apply the academic principles learned in the
classroom to real-world systems. It’s an intensely creative subject that combines invention and
excitement, and can look at the natural world through a digital prism. The aims of this qualification are to
enable you to develop:
- An understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer
science, including: abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms and data representation. - The ability to analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience of solving such
problems, including writing programs to do so. - The capacity to think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically.
- The capacity to see relationships between different aspects of computer science .
How Am I Assessed?
You will be assessed through 2 methods; examinations and non-exam assessment:
Components 1 and 2 (Computer Systems and Algorithms and Programming) are externally examined.
Component 3 (Programming Project) are internally assessed and externally moderated through non-exam
assessment. You will choose a computing problem and the work that is produced is assessed by a
member of staff and then externally moderated by the exam board.
Unit | Weighing |
---|---|
Component 1 – Computer Systems | 40% |
Component 2 – Algorithms and Programming | 40% |
Component 3 – Programming Project | 20% |
What Career Options Do I Have?
The course will prepare you for job roles such as; Computer Games Developer, Forensic Computer
Analyst, Computer Games Tester, Robotics Engineer, Database Administrator, Software Developer