COMPUTER SCIENCE
COMPUTER SCIENCE
‘ Computer Scientists should bring a problemsolving mindset and curiosity to explore the nature of information processing.’
Computational thinking is a mode of thought that goes well beyond software and hardware and provides a framework within which to reason about systems and problems. Computer Science combines disciplines: as well as being highly creative, it demands the student develop an ability to analyse, critically evaluate and make decisions.
It develops a student’ s ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms, and data representation, to analyse problems in computational terms.
The course is assessed through two written papers at the end of the second year( 80 %), along with a significant project of the student’ s choice, that applies an iterative development approach to solving a problem in code. There are numerous opportunities to strengthen your UCAS personal statement through societies and competitions.
Computer Science is particularly appropriate for those wishing to read variant degrees in Computer Science as well as intricately linked areas such as software engineering, automation, artificial intelligence, and health informatics.
Computer Science at A-level is an academically demanding subject that is often, but not exclusively, selected alongside Mathematics, Physics, and other scientific subjects. For example, to study Computer Science at Oxford A * AA is needed with an A * in either Computer Science, Mathematics, or Further Mathematics.