1. Raa Atoll Subject Teachers’ Forum - 2014
Computer Studies or Computer Science

2. Syllabus For examination in June and November 2015
Cambridge O Level Computer Science
Syllabus For examination in June and November 2015

3. Previously named ‘7010 Computer Studies’, this syllabus has been reviewed by the CIE throughout to bring it up to date and to allow learners to begin the development of their computational thinking and programming skills.

4. Name of the new syllabus is Computer Science and the syllabus code is: 2210 now.
Paper 1 Theory is now 1 hour 45 minutes; 60% weighting; 75 marks.
New Paper 2 Problem-solving and Programming: 1 hour 45 minutes; 40% weighting; 50 marks.
This paper replaces Paper 2 Coursework and Paper 3 Alternative to Coursework.

5. There is no coursework.
one new practical topic – introducing candidates to the concept of arrays and so enabling learners to develop programming solutions for real-world problems.
Two new theory topics: computer ethics and hexadecimal numbers one topic removed: systems life cycle.

6. Section 1 : Theory of Computer Science
Syllabus Contents
Section 1 : Theory of Computer Science
1.1 : Data representation
1.2 : Communication and Internet
Technologies
1.3 : Hardware & Software
1.4 : Security
1.5 : Ethics

7. Section 2 Practical Problem-solving and Programming
2.1 Algorithm design and problem-solving
2.2 Programming
2.3 Databases

8. Practicals Typing tutor MS Office C or PASCAL Language PIVOT
HTML, CSS (Web based applications)
VB 6 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express
CorelDraw
Photoshop
Adobe Flash
Premiere or Cinema 4D