AQA GCSE Computer Science

What is included

What this course covers

• Topic 1 — Fundamentals of algorithms

  • 1.1 – Representing algorithms
  • 1.2 – Efficiency of algorithms
  • 1.3 – Searching algorithms
  • 1.4 – Sorting algorithms

• Topic 2 — Programming

  • 2.1 – Data types
  • 2.2 – Programming concepts
  • 2.3 – Arithmetic operations
  • 2.4 – Relational operations
  • 2.5 – Boolean operations
  • 2.6 – Data structures
  • 2.7 – Input/output
  • 2.8 – String handling operations
  • 2.9 – Random number generation
  • 2.10 – Structured programming and subroutines (procedures and functions)
  • 2.11 – Robust and secure programming

• Topic 3 — Fundamentals of data representation

  • 3.1 – Number bases
  • 3.2 – Converting between number bases
  • 3.3 – Units of information
  • 3.4 – Binary arithmetic
  • 3.5 – Character encoding
  • 3.6 – Representing images
  • 3.7 – Representing sound
  • 3.8 – Data compression

• Topic 4 — Computer systems

  • 4.1 – Hardware and software
  • 4.2 – Boolean logic
  • 4.3 – Software classification
  • 4.4 – Classification of programming languages and translators
  • 4.5 – Systems architecture

• Topic 5 — Fundamentals of computer networks

  • 5.1 – What a computer network is, and PAN, LAN and WAN
  • 5.2 – Wired and wireless networks
  • 5.3 – Network protocols: TCP, IP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP and IMAP
  • 5.4 – Network security: authentication, encryption, firewalls and MAC filtering
  • 5.5 – The four-layer TCP/IP model

• Topic 6 — Cyber security

  • 6.1 – Fundamentals of cyber security
  • 6.2 – Cyber security threats
  • 6.3 – Methods to detect and prevent cyber security threats

• Topic 7 — Relational databases and structured query language (SQL)

  • 7.1 – Relational databases
  • 7.2 – Structured query language (SQL)

• Topic 8 — Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy

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