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ANTHONY GELL SCHOOL SIXTH FORM ROSPECTUS 2020 — 2022
Computer Science is a practical subject where students can apply the academic
principles learnt in the classroom to real-world systems. It’s an intensely creative
subject that combines invention and excitement, and can look at the natural world
through a digital prism.
The aims of this qualification are to enable learners to develop:
An understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of
Computer Science, including: Abstraction, Decomposition, Logic, Algorithms and Data
Representation.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
The ability to analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience of
COURSE OUTLINE — TWO solving problems, including program writing.
YEAR PATHWAY
The capacity to think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically.
LEVEL 3 / A LEVEL / OCR
The capacity to see relationships between different aspects of Computer Science.
Mathematical skills.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
FIVE LEVEL 2 GCSE OR
VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
AT A MINIMUM OF GRADE 4/
LEVEL 2 PASS. YOU MUST
ALSO HAVE STUDIED
COMPUTER SCIENCE AT GCSE
AND OBTAINED AT LEAST
GRADE 6.
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