Computer Science

Course summary

A two-year course which will give you the opportunity to become an effective designer and implementer of computing solutions. You will learn how to design, write and test programs, as well as how the program you have written is turned into an understandable form for the computer system. You will learn how a computer system deals with data in relation to input, processing, storage, transmission and output. Computer Science principles such as abstraction, decomposition, logic algorithms and data representation will be studied. You will learn problem solving skills, the ability to analyse a problem and then solve the problem by thinking creatively, logically and critically. Mathematical skills will also be developed, such as working with Binary, the language of the computer. Other mathematical skills learnt will be the use of Boolean Algebra. A primary skill that will be developed is the ability to think logically as, with mathematics, in computer science the answer is either correct or incorrect. Using logic to achieve the answer is a key skill; however, we will also look at artificial intelligence where it is possible to achieve an answer that is not quite correct! What it can lead to Software engineering, computer science, forensic computing, and computer games technology.