Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Computer Science is an academic discipline born out of and linked to a number of well-established fields. These include Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Biology and Psychology. If you study Computer Science you will gain a greater understanding of how computers work, as well as learning to create and code your own applications and programs using a number of different languages. Computer Science will also nurture many skills that will serve you well later in life, including problem solving, reasoning, and logical and computational thinking. What skills or background information will be needed? In order to study A level Computer Science, you must have studied GCSE Computer Science. A high grade in GCSE Mathematics (Grade 6 or above) is also desirable. Experience of some form of Computer Programming is essential and it is expected that, if you have not done significant amounts of programming before, you will undertake some work over the summer in order to give you a basic knowledge to work from.