Ignite your students' programming potential through a creative approach to Computer Science
Through a practical approach that balances traditional and modern computing methodologies with programming and creativity, our International AS/A-level Computer Science course develops the skills needed for the future.
- Places on-screen programming at the core of the curriculum, developing the skills integral to further study of Computer Science in today’s world.
- Continues the choice of programming languages (Python, Visual Basic or C#) from International GCSE so your students can further their skills in familiar, globally relevant programming languages.
- Seamless transition from International GCSE through shared assessment objectives and familiar assessment structures.
International AS and A-level Computer Science (9645)
View the switching guide to see the differences between your old International AS/A-level Computer Science specification and the OxfordAQA specification (version updated February 2024).
OxfordAQA International AS/A-level Computer Science covers the following topics:
- Procedural programming
- Fundamental data structures
- Program design
- Searching and sorting algorithms
- Representing data
- Computer systems
- Computer organisation and architecture
- Machine code and assembly language
- Object-oriented and additional programming
- Advanced data structures
- Advanced algorithms
- Functional programming
- Theory of computation
- Networking and cyber security
- Databases
- Artificial intelligence
OxfordAQA provides all the resources and advice you need to teach the International AS and A-level Computer Science specification effectively.
- Download the specification
- Read our switching guide
- View our training courses to help you deliver OxfordAQA International AS and A-level Computer Science
- Approved textbooks and resources published by Oxford University Press
This specification is part of our new 2024 suite of International GCSE, AS and A-level qualifications. Our team of experts are busy producing more teaching and learning support resources for your teaching staff. Visit our resources for teachers area to keep up to date with new resources as they are made available, including:
- Schemes of work to allow you to plan how to deliver the specification in a way that will best suit you and your students
- Teaching guidance to outline clearly the scope of teaching and learning
- Topic tests and mock exam analysers to allow you to track your students’ progress throughout the teaching year
This is a modular qualification, with four papers over the AS and A-level teaching period.
AS Paper 1:
- Procedural programming
- Fundamental data structures
- Program design
- Searching and sorting algorithms
- 2 hours
- 75 marks
- 50% of AS-level, 20% of A-level
- On-screen exam available in C#, Python or VB.Net
AS Paper 2:
- Representing data
- Computer systems
- Computer organisation and architecture
- Machine code and assembly language
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- 75 marks
- 50% of AS-level, 20% of A-level
- Written exam
A-level Paper 1:
- Procedural programming
- Fundamental data structures
- Program design
- Object-oriented and additional programming
- Advanced data structures
- Advanced algorithms
- 2 hours 30 minutes
- 90 marks
- 30% of A-level
- On-screen exam available in C#, Python or VB.Net
A-level Paper 2:
- Functional programming
- Theory of computation
- Networking and cyber security
- Databases
- Artificial intelligence
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- 75 marks
- 30% of A-level
- Written exam
Take a look at:
- The OxfordAQA International AS and A-level Computer Science switching guide
- Example specimen exam paper and mark scheme
You must be an approved OxfordAQA centre to enter students for our exams. Make sure you become an OxfordAQA centre before you start teaching a course.
