GCE A Level Computer Science

Computers are widely used in all aspects of business, industry, government, education, leisure and the home. In this increasingly technological age, a study of computer science, and particularly how computers are used in the solution of a variety of problems, will provide huge opportunities to those who wish to pursue a career working with established and emerging technologies. Computer science integrates well with subjects across the curriculum. It demands both logical discipline and imaginative creativity in the selection and design of algorithms and the writing, testing and debugging of programs; it relies on an understanding of the rules of language at a fundamental level; it encourages an awareness of the management and organisation of computer systems; it will extend your horizons beyond the college environment in the appreciation of the effects of computer science on society and individuals. For these reasons, computer science will be as relevant to those who wish to study arts subjects as it will be to those who will study science subjects. The program of A Level Computer Science has been designed to give an in-depth understanding of the fundamental concepts of computer science and offers a broad scope of study opportunities.