COMPUTER SCIENCE
GCSE
Awarding Body: OCR
Course Code: J277
QAN: 601/8355/X
OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE
Computer Science is engaging and practical, encouraging creativity and problem solving. It encourages students to develop their understanding and application of the core concepts in computer science. Students also analyse problems in computational terms and devise creative solutions by designing, writing, testing and evaluating programs.
CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT
Paper 1 – (worth 50% of the final grade) 1 hour 30 minutes exam.
- Systems architecture
- Memory and storage
- Computer networks, connections and protocols
- Network Security
- Systems Software
- Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology
Paper 2 – (worth 50% of the final grade) 1 hour 30 minutes exam.
- Algorithms
- Programming fundamentals
- Producing robust programs
- Boolean logic
- Programming languages and integrated development environments
Practical Programming
All students will be given the opportunity to undertake programming task(s), either to a specification or to solve a problem (or problems) during their course of study.