Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Computer Science is about what goes on inside the single most powerful tool of the world we live in. Science, technology, manufacturing, research, medicine - you name it, computer science influences and affects everything we do. There is a world out there just bursting with invention and opportunities and 90% of it is driven by computers. Studying Computer Science will help you develop a new range of skills from problem solving to information analysis and computational thinking. The new A Level course explores things like ‘What is a computer?’, ‘What is programming all about?’. How can a computer solve every day problems?’ and how to bridge the gap between the problem we are trying to solve and what the computer ‘understands’. You will learn how to program in a high level programming language as well as gain an understanding of low level languages including machine code.