Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

What will I Study? Students will learn the Python programming language and use some features and techniques above GCSE level like Object Oriented Programming, Recursive Techniques, and advanced data structures and algorithms. These would be requirement for certain jobs like software developers. Some theory topics like databases and algorithmic analysis will feed into programming, but other more separate theory topics include advanced data representation, networks, cyber security, functional programming, and data analysis. All of which are useful for understanding Computing in real life and go far beyond the GCSE knowledge (although all GCSE content is recapped so no need to have studied it previously).