Subject content – A-level

We will support the following programming languages:

• C#
• Java
• Pascal/Delphi
• Python
• VB.Net.

Schools and colleges will be asked to indicate their programming language preference at the start of the study of the specification.

Subject content areas

• 4.1 Fundamentals of programming
• 4.2 Fundamentals of data structures
• 4.3 Fundamentals of algorithms
• 4.4 Theory of computation
• 4.5 Fundamentals of data representation
• 4.6 Fundamentals of computer systems
• 4.7 Fundamentals of computer organisation and architecture
• 4.8 Consequences of uses of computing
• 4.9 Fundamentals of communication and networking
• 4.10 Fundamentals of databases
• 4.11 Big Data
• 4.12 Fundamentals of functional programming
• 4.13 Systematic approach to problem solving
• 4.14 Non-exam assessment - the computing practical project