About
Computer Science A Level is a practical subject where students can apply the academic principles learned in the classroom to realworld systems. It’s an intensely creative subject that combines invention with logic and the ability to think critically. This course aims to give students an understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including: abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms and data representation, including writing programs.
What will I learn?
- 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 to solve problems and standard algorithms
Where could this subject take me?
IT consultant, Cybersecurity consultant, Information systems manager, Database administrator, Multimedia programmer, Systems analyst, Games developer, Technical writer
Further informaton
The Isaac Computer Science platform has high quality resources for A Level Computer Science:
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