Computer Studies / Computing

Assessment

• Paper 1: Computer Systems This unit deals with the workings of computer, programming languages, networking, and Boolean algebra as well as legal, moral and ethical issues. • Paper 2: Algorithms and programming This unit deals with computational thinking, recursion and other programming techniques and a variety of algorithms. • Non-exam assessment: Programming Project Pupils choose a computing problem and develop a programmed solution. They will go through a full systems development lifecycle producing clear documentation to support their findings.