Computer Science

Exam board: OCR
Contact: Ms Seifert

What Will I Study?

Component 1

• The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices
• Software and software development
• Programming
• Exchanging data
• Data types, data structures and algorithms
• Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues
   

Component 2

• Elements of computational thinking
• Problem solving and programming
• Algorithms to solve problems and standard algorithms
   

Component 3

The Practical Programming Project – You are asked to produce a complete working solution to a problem - for example a data-processing problem of an organisation, a scientific or mathematical problem, a simulation of a real-life situation, a computer-aided learning system, or a control system or robotics.

How will I be assessed?

• Component 01 Computer systems: Externally marked question paper 40% :: 140 marks -  2hr 30mins
• Component 02 Algorithms and programming: Externally marked question paper 40% :: 140 marks -  2hr 30mins
• Component 03 Programming project: Internally assessed :: externally moderated 20%  - 70 marks.

Where might it lead?

Computer Science gives you a wide choice of study options across Computer Science, Information Systems, Multimedia, Software Engineering, Computer Networking, e-Business and Information Management. It can lead to careers in IT, science, medicine, space exploration, engineering, entertainment, media, education, business and government, because every aspect of our lives involves working with information technology!