2 The specification overview
2a._Overview of A Level
Computer Science (H446)
Learners must take thee components (01, 02 and 3 orO1, 02 and 8) tobe awarded the OCR Levelin
‘Computer Since.
[Content overview [Assessment Overview
contemporary processors, systems
input, output and storage (01) 40%
devices 140 marks
+ Software and software 2 hours and of total
development eats
P oa Alevel
+ Exchanging data
+ Data types, data structures and
algorithms
+ Legal, moral, cultural and
ethical issues
‘+ Elements of computational
+ Problem solving and
programming
‘+ Algorithms to solve problems
and standard algorithms
The learner will choose a computing
problem to work through according
to the guidance in the specification.
+ Analysis of the problem
+ Design of the solution
+ Developing the solution
+ Evaluation
*Indieates soptc assessment
written paper
(no calculators allowed)
Algorithms and
70 marks
Non-exam assessment
programming
(02) 40%
140 marks,
2 hours and of total
30 minutes, Alevel
| writen paper
(no calculators allowed)
Programming project
(03* — Repository
or
04+ — Postal a
80-carryforwars || Of total
(2018 onwards)* Alevel