Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

A level of Computer Science offers multiple pathways of study for computer-related degrees. The employment prospects of students who have a degree in Computer Science are excellent in all fields. Throughout the study of level Computer Science, you will develop a wide range of organizational, problem-solving, presentation, and report-writing skills that are applicable in a multitude of different environments. This qualification aims 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 analyze problems in computational terms through practical experience in 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. • Mathematical skills. Subject content • Fundamentals of programming • Fundamentals of data structures • Fundamentals of algorithms • Theory of computation • Fundamentals of data representation • Fundamentals of computer systems • Fundamentals of computer organization and architecture • Consequences of uses of computing • Fundamentals of communication and networking • Fundamentals of databases • Big Data • Fundamentals of functional programming • Systematic approach to problem solving • Non-exam assessment – the computing practical project