Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Areas of Study 1. The Characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output, and storage devices 2. Software and software development 3. Exchanging Data 4. Data types, data structures and algorithms 5. Legal, moral cultural, and ethical issues 6. Elements of computational thinking 7. Problem solving and programming 8. Algorithms to solve problems and standard algorithms Non-examined assessment involves the learner choosing a computing problem to work through according to the guidance in the specification. Including: • Analysis of the problem • Design of the solution • Developing the solution • Evaluation