Computer Science

Assessment

Unit 1: Computer Systems- (40% - 2 ½ hours written paper) The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices Software and software development Exchanging data Data types, data structures and algorithms Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues Unit 2: Algorithms and programming- (40% - 2 ½ hours written paper) Elements of computational thinking Problem solving and programming Algorithms Unit 3: Programming Project- (20% - Coursework) Analysis of the problem Design of the solution Developing the solution Evaluation