COMPUTER SCIENCE
IGCSE
This IGCSE will encourage students to be inspired, stimulated and excited by following a challenging course of study. It is a rigorous academic discipline, incorporating a scientific, creative and mathematical approach which will help students gain valuable computational thinking skills that are attractive to employers.
rsmith@britishschool.sch.ae MR ROBERT SMITH Head Of Computer Science
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COURSE CONTENT Unit 1- Paper 1 1 – Data representation, Binary systems, Hexadecimal, data storage 2 – Communication and internet technologies, Data transmission, security aspects Programming concepts Internet principles of operation 3 – Hardware and software, logic gates, Computer architecture, fetch-execute cycle, Memory, Storage devices and operating systems 4 – The Internet and its uses 5 – Automated and emerging technologies
Unit 2- Paper 2 6 – Algorithm design and problem-solving 7 – Programming-Python language 8 – Databases 9 – Boolean Logic
ASSESSMENT YEAR 10 There will be end of topic tests for topics 1- 5 which will also be examined collectively in an end of year summer exam. YEAR 11 There will be end of topic tests for subject topics 1- 9 (above). On the next page is an outline of how both units will be assessed on the GCSE examination papers.
