{"id":1335,"date":"2024-03-03T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T17:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=1335"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:06:15","slug":"computing-science-advanced-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/technologies\/technologies-s5-s6-courses\/computing-science-advanced-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Computing Science: Advanced Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-1010 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02222400\/Computing-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02222400\/Computing-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02222400\/Computing-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02222400\/Computing-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02222400\/Computing-800x1131.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/02222400\/Computing.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h1>Computing Science: Advanced Higher<\/h1>\r\n<p>The AH Computing Science course offers students the opportunity to explore Computing Science in greater depth. It prepares students with not only the technical knowledge to implement solutions but also the project management skills to see a project through to completion successfully.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The course is especially suited to students considering a career in Computing Science. It will also benefit any student who wishes to develop their skills in critical thinking, problems-solving and planning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Entry to the course<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This is at the discretion of the school but you would normally be expected to have attained Higher Computing at grade B or above.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Course Structure<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The course consists of four units:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Computer Systems<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Binary Arithmetic<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Hexadecimal number system<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Processor pipelining, registers and flags<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Environmental Implications<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Software Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Consider Project Planning and Development processes in the context of creating software<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Advanced Data Structures \u2013 Parallel Arrays, Arrays of Records, Arrays of Objects, 2D Arrays<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Object-Oriented Programming<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Searching and Sorting Algorithms<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Database Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Consider Project Planning and Development processes in the context of creating databases<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Multi-table Relational Databases<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Server-hosted databases<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Database Definition Language (MySQL)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Database Manipulation Language (MySQL)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Web Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Consider Project Planning and Development processes in the context of creating websites<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Capturing data with HTML Forms<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>CSS Styling<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Javascript \u2013 Client-side scripting<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>PHP \u2013 Server-side scripting<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The course is assessed by an external exam set by SQA and a coursework \u2018project\u2019 issued by SQA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Exam<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>2 hrs 30 mins<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>80 marks<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Project<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Completed alongside course<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>80 marks<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computing Science: Advanced Higher The AH Computing Science course offers students the opportunity<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/technologies\/technologies-s5-s6-courses\/computing-science-advanced-higher\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7553,"featured_media":0,"parent":1298,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1335\/revisions\/1832"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}