{"id":51,"date":"2014-03-15T21:01:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T21:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:38:19","slug":"higher-computing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/higher-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Computing Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Computing Science: Higher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The course consists of four units:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computer Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Representation<\/li>\n<li>Performance Factors<\/li>\n<li>Security and Law<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Software Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modular Programming<\/li>\n<li>Algorithms<\/li>\n<li>Arrays of Records and Parallel Arrays<\/li>\n<li>File Handling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Database Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multi-table Relational Databases<\/li>\n<li>Aggregate Queries<\/li>\n<li>Computed Values<\/li>\n<li>Aliases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Layout<\/li>\n<li>Media Types<\/li>\n<li>Forms<\/li>\n<li>Javascript<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The course is assessed by an external exam set by SQA and a coursework issued by SQA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exam<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 hrs<\/li>\n<li>80 marks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Coursework<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completed in class &#8211; 6 hours<\/li>\n<li>40 marks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Downloads<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following sites link to free or trial versions of some of the software we use on this course. This information is provided should pupils wish to practise further with the software at home. This is\u00a0not\u00a0compulsory for any course. \u00a0In all cases, a responsible adult should read and agree to any terms and conditions associated with downloading software from external commercial sites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/products\/visual-studio-community-vs\">Visual Basic<\/a> &#8211; Programming language (Visual Studio Community 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may be asked to enter your Microsoft Credentials. This is your full Glow username including@glow.sch.uk (e.g. gw10smithjohn@glow.sch.uk) and your password.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computing Science: Higher Course Structure The course consists of four units: Computer Systems Data Representation Performance Factors Security and Law Environmental Impact Software Design and Development Modular Programming Algorithms Arrays of Records and Parallel Arrays File Handling Database Design and Development Multi-table Relational Databases Aggregate Queries Computed Values Aliases Web Design and Development Layout Media Types Forms Javascript Assessment The course is assessed by an external exam set by SQA<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/higher-computing\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6271,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}