Computing – Year 12 and 13

Computer science – OCR – specification code H446B

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Computer technology continues to advance rapidly and the way that technology is consumed has also been changing at a fast pace over recent years. The growth in the use of mobile and web related technologies has exploded, resulting in new challenges for employers and employees. As a result, most organisations today require a number of technologically aware individuals. Computer Science is a practical subject where students can apply the academic principles learned in the classroom to the real-world systems. It’s an intensely creative subject that combines invention and excitement, and can look at the natural world through a digital perspective. You will be looking at: the different hardware components that make up a computer system; how computer systems connect to each other and the internet; how the internet works; how computer systems make a difference in the current society and you will be developing your own pieces of software using either ‘Visual Basic.NET’ or ‘C#’.

Key dates

Year 12
Spring term
Systems Architecture
Software & Software Development
Programming with C#
Mini Project

Summer term
Database and Web Mini Project
Algorithms
Data Compression

Year 13
Spring term
Networking
Data Structures
Logic Gates and Boolean expressions.
Computing Law

Summer term
Revision of all theory

Recommended text book:

Book title: OCR AS and A Level Computer Science
ISBN: 978-1-910523-05-6
https://www.pgonline.co.uk/resources/computer-science/a-level-ocr/ocr-a-level-textbook/