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Computer Science
The OCR GCSE Computer Science course serves as an introduction to the world of professional software development. It combines the development of a theoretical basis for how computers work with a hands-on practical approach allowing the students to develop programming skills by writing high-level programming languages. The course will be taught with the programming language of Python, a simple yet powerful language that is easy to learn from.
This is a demanding course requiring the development of computational thinking and solving theoretical problems mathematically. This course is, therefore, only suitable for students who are seeking to stretch themselves academically.
The student is assessed mainly by two written examinations at the end of the course. The first paper targets the students’ understanding of how computer systems fit together including how data is stored, components of computers, networks and how to write software. The second paper targets the students’ ability to solve practical problems by creating, analysing and refining computing algorithms to solve given problems.
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