Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

U1 - D1: Core Topic 1: System fundamentals-planning and system installation | user focus |system backup | software deployment U2 - D1: Core Topic 2: System design basics- components of a computer system | system design and analysis | Human interaction with the system U3 - D1: Core Topic 3: Computer Organisation- computer architecture | secondary memory | binary representation | simple logic gates U4 - D1 Core Topic 3: Networks-network architecture | data transmission | wireless networking U5 - D1: Core Topic 4: Computational thinking- thinking procedurally | thinking logically | thinking ahead | thinking concurrently | thinking abstractly IA - D1: Core: Students spend the last half term developing and carrying out their internal assessment, gathering data with the first draft of the IA due at the start of D2 U2 - D2: Core HL Topic 5: Abstract data structures-thinking recursively | abstract data structures - 2d array, stack, queue | linked lists | trees U3 - D2: Core HL Topic 6: Resource management-system resources | role of the operating system U4 - D2: Core HL Topic 7: Control-centralised control systems | distributed control systems Core Optional unit - D2 Option A: Databases-basic concepts | the relational database model | database management | database analysis