Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Building on the skills acquired at GCSE, A-level Computing emphasizes the importance of computational thinking as a discipline. Topics covered during the course will include: • Thinking procedurally and logically, looking at pattern recognition, abstraction, and decomposition. • Understanding algorithm design and efficiency. • Exploring the power (and limits) of human and machine intelligence. • Network and internet technology. • The ethical and cultural issues that surround the topics.