Computer Studies / Computing

Assessment

Unit 1: Computer Systems (2 hours and 30 minutes) 40% The internal workings of the CPU, data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. Unit 2: Algorithms and Programming (2 hours and 30 minutes) 40% Using computational thinking to solve problems. Unit 3: Programming Project (Controlled assessment, portfolio) 20% Students analyse a problem and design, develop, test and evaluate a program. Portfolio produced to document all evidence. Programming language to be used is C# or a similar, high-level language