Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Computer science is, above all else, relevant to the modern and changing world of computing. It is a practical subject where students can apply academic principles to real-world systems. It’s also an intensely creative subject that combines invention and excitement and can look at the natural world through a digital prism. Learners will develop an ability to analyze, critically evaluate, and make decisions. This qualification aims to enable learners 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 analyze problems in computational terms through practical experience in 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; • Mathematical skills.