Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Computer systems – covers: the characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices,types of software and the different methodologies used to develop software, data exchange between different systems,data types, data structures and algorithms, legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues. Algorithms and programming – covers: what is meant by computational thinking (thinking abstractly, thinking ahead, thinking procedurally etc.), problem solving and programming (how computers and programs can be used to solve problems), algorithms and how they can be used to describe and solve problems practical coding programming projects. They will analyse, design, develop, test, evaluate and document a program written in a suitable programming language. The project is designed to be independently chosen by the student and provides them with the flexibility to investigate projects within the diverse field of computer science.