Computer Science A Level OCR Enhance your computational, logical thinking and analytical skills by studying a course which prepares students for a wide range of future opportunities and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality. In addition to careers with a computer science focus, the course will help develop your problem solving and digital literacy skills which are valuable soft skills for a diverse variety of careers. Course Overview The content of the course will include • 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 • elements of computational thinking • problem solving and programming • algorithms Students will choose a computing problem to work through according to the guidance in the specification, and it will entail the four stages of Analysis of the problem, Design of the solution, Developing the solution, and Evaluation. Assessment Model • a written examination of 2½ hours on ‘Computer Systems’ (40%) • a written examination of 2½ hours on ‘Algorithms and programming (40%) • a Non-Examined Assessment programming project (20%) Career Opportunities A degree in Computing opens the door to a wide range of careers both with IT companies and those who use computers in industry, commerce, government service and the universities. Roles span technical innovation, management, analysis, consultancy, training and research. Employers range from small companies to large multinationals with much scope for work and travel abroad. As computers are applied to new application areas, opportunities for computing graduates with the right kind of specialist knowledge will become increasingly available too. Any student wishing to progress to a Computer Science university course is advised to also consider studying A Level Mathematics. Previous students have gone on to study Mathematics and Computer Science, Business Computing and IT, Computer Science and Games Art at university and on to careers in Data/Financial Analysis. Additional Entry Requirements Students are required to have experience of a high-level programming language up to GCSE level. The main language taught at Queen Mary’s High School is Python although any high-level language will provide the experience required to progress at A-Level. Any students who do not use this language need to upskills themselves prior to beginning the course.
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Walsall |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Girls |
| Address | Upper Forster Street, Walsall, WS4 2AE |
Computer Science A Level OCR Enhance your computational, logical thinking and analytical skills by studying a course which prepares students for a wide range of future opportunities and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality. In addition to careers with a computer science focus, the course will help develop your problem solving and digital literacy skills which are valuable soft skills for a diverse variety of careers. Course Overview The content of the course will include • 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 • elements of computational thinking • problem solving and programming • algorithms Students will choose a computing problem to work through according to the guidance in the specification, and it will entail the four stages of Analysis of the problem, Design of the solution, Developing the solution, and Evaluation. Assessment Model • a written examination of 2½ hours on ‘Computer Systems’ (40%) • a written examination of 2½ hours on ‘Algorithms and programming (40%) • a Non-Examined Assessment programming project (20%) Career Opportunities A degree in Computing opens the door to a wide range of careers both with IT companies and those who use computers in industry, commerce, government service and the universities. Roles span technical innovation, management, analysis, consultancy, training and research. Employers range from small companies to large multinationals with much scope for work and travel abroad. As computers are applied to new application areas, opportunities for computing graduates with the right kind of specialist knowledge will become increasingly available too. Any student wishing to progress to a Computer Science university course is advised to also consider studying A Level Mathematics. Previous students have gone on to study Mathematics and Computer Science, Business Computing and IT, Computer Science and Games Art at university and on to careers in Data/Financial Analysis. Additional Entry Requirements Students are required to have experience of a high-level programming language up to GCSE level. The main language taught at Queen Mary’s High School is Python although any high-level language will provide the experience required to progress at A-Level. Any students who do not use this language need to upskills themselves prior to beginning the course.
