Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Year 12 topics: • Unit 1 - Components of a Computer and their uses • Unit 2 - System software and application generation • Unit 3 - Software development • Unit 4 - Exchanging Data • Unit 5 - Networks and web technologies • Unit 6 - Data Types Year 13 topics: • Unit 7 - Data structures • Unit 8 - Boolean • Unit 9 - Legal, moral and ethical issues • Unit 10 - Computational thinking • Unit 11 - Programming • Unit 12 - Algorithms Throughout this course you will have the opportunity to develop the following skills: • Confidence in creating and adapting programming code to meet modern problems. • Gaining an understanding of the moral and ethical issues surrounding Computer Science. • Develop Computational thinking techniques to help solve complex problems efficiently to a high standard. • Developing project management techniques to help manage large scale tasks.