Computer Science - A Level

Assessment

Paper 1: Computer Systems • The characteristics of contemporary processors. • Software and software development. • Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues. • Data types, data structures and algorithms. Assessment: Written exam of 2 hours 30 minutes. (40% of A Level) Paper 2: Algorithms and programming • Elements of computational thinking. • Problem-solving and programming. • Algorithms to solve problems and standard algorithms. Assessment: Written exam of 2 hours 30 minutes. (40% of A Level) Non-exam assessment: Programming project Students will choose a computing problem to work through according to the guidance in the specification. This is an internal assessment with external moderation. (20% of A Level)