Computer Science is a practical subject where students can apply the academic principles learned in the classroom to real-world systems. It's an intensely creative subject that combines invention and excitement, and can look at the natural world through a digital prism. The aims of this qualification are to enable learners to develop: • An understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including: abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms, and data representation. • The ability to analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience of solving such problems, including writing programs to do so. • The capacity to think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically. • The capacity to see relationships between different aspects of Computer Science. • Key mathematical skills and concepts.
The course is assessed using two controlled assessments (written papers), and a non-exam assessment (NEA) which is a programming project. Paper 1: Computer Systems - Non Calculator • 140 Marks • 2 hours 30 minutes Paper 2: Algorithms & Programming - Non Calculator • 140 Marks • 2 hours 30 minutes Programming Project - NEA • 70 Marks • Non-exam assessment Of the final grade given, the assessments carry the following weight: Paper 1: 40%, Paper 2: 40%, Programming Project: 20%.
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Hounslow |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | High Street, Cranford, Hounslow, TW5 9PD |
Computer Science is a practical subject where students can apply the academic principles learned in the classroom to real-world systems. It's an intensely creative subject that combines invention and excitement, and can look at the natural world through a digital prism. The aims of this qualification are to enable learners to develop: • An understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including: abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms, and data representation. • The ability to analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience of solving such problems, including writing programs to do so. • The capacity to think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically. • The capacity to see relationships between different aspects of Computer Science. • Key mathematical skills and concepts.
The course is assessed using two controlled assessments (written papers), and a non-exam assessment (NEA) which is a programming project. Paper 1: Computer Systems - Non Calculator • 140 Marks • 2 hours 30 minutes Paper 2: Algorithms & Programming - Non Calculator • 140 Marks • 2 hours 30 minutes Programming Project - NEA • 70 Marks • Non-exam assessment Of the final grade given, the assessments carry the following weight: Paper 1: 40%, Paper 2: 40%, Programming Project: 20%.