Advanced Level Computing

2 sessions of 1.5 hours weekly

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.      
  

(Based on the 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 A Level course call +356 21227799 or email us for more information.