{"id":53,"date":"2014-03-15T21:02:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:15:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:15:36","slug":"advanced-higher-computing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHSComputingScience\/advanced-higher-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Higher Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Computing Science: Advanced Higher<\/strong><\/p>\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>\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>\n<p><strong>Entry to the course<\/strong><\/p>\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>\n<p><strong>Course Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The course consists of three units:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Software Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider Project Planning and Development processes in the context of creating software<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Data Structures \u2013 Parallel Arrays, Arrays of Records, Arrays of Objects, 2D Arrays<\/li>\n<li>Object-Oriented Programming<\/li>\n<li>Searching and Sorting Algorithms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Database Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider Project Planning and Development processes in the context of creating databases<\/li>\n<li>Multi-table Relational Databases<\/li>\n<li>Server-hosted databases<\/li>\n<li>Database Definition Language (MySQL)<\/li>\n<li>Database Manipulation Language (MySQL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Design and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider Project Planning and Development processes in the context of creating websites<\/li>\n<li>Capturing data with HTML Forms<\/li>\n<li>Responsive design for different devices<\/li>\n<li>PHP \u2013 Server-side scripting<\/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 \u2018project\u2019 issued by SQA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exam<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 hrs<\/li>\n<li>55 marks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completed alongside course<\/li>\n<li>80 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 not compulsory for any course. In 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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyphp.org\/\">EasyPHP<\/a> &#8211; Web hosting and SQL database (Apache server, MySQL, PHP)<\/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><strong><u>Support and Resources<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All slides for this course can be found in the <b>Resources<\/b> tab of the class Team.<br \/>\nAdditional reading and self-tests are available in <b>Scholar<\/b> within Glow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computing Science: Advanced Higher 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. The course is especially suited to students considering a career in Computing Science. 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