This course will enable the students to deepen their understanding of various aspects of the computing discipline possibly with an eye to pursuing any undergraduate degree programme through a fundamental treatment of the technical aspects of larger field of ICT.

The Computing Advanced Examination is made up of two papers and a project. The content includes:

• Digital Logic
• Computer Architecture
• Assembly Languages
• Operating Systems
• Networking and Communications
• Language Translators
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Introduction to Data Structures and High Level Language Programming
• Databases

The Project

The project is intended to be an extended exercise requiring about three months of effort, typically conducted in the second year of study. It should demonstrate a student’s mastery of:

•  The syntax and semantics of the Java programming language. The mastery of control constructs within Java as well as the application of algorithmic logic to the resolution of real-world issues.
• The identification of a problem domain, some basic analytical though towards the function and design of suitable data structures and algorithms.
• Fundamental testing procedures and the choice of test data to demonstrate the functional behaviour of a system;
• Documenting a system both from a technical as well as a user perspective.

Matsec Syllabus Computing A Level)

Explore the entire syllabus (topics in detail, pre-requisites, specimen paper and grade descriptors here): http://www.um.edu.mt/matsec

To apply for Computing Resit A Level course call 21227799, 21235314 or email us for more information.