Computer Science
Overview
Students studying the subject at A Level follow the OCR specification. During the course the following topics are covered.
Content
| Year 12 | Year 13 |
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Computer Systems: 1. The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices 2. Software and software development 3. Data types and data structures 4. Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues
Algorithms and programming: 5. Introduction to programming 6. Assembly language programming 7. Standard algorithms
Programming project: 8. Analysis 9. Design |
Computer Systems: 1. Exchanging data with networks, databases, web technologies, encryption and compression. 2. Efficiency of algorithms 3. Advanced data structures
Algorithms and programming: 4. Elements of computational thinking 5. Problem solving and computational methods
Programming project: 6. Development 7. Testing 8. Evaluation |
Requirements
For more detailed information about the course content and assessment requirements, please refer to the examination board website: OCR A Level Computer Science
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