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AQA A Level Computer Science

Syllabus 7517 · 2015-onwards · sourced from AQA — official subject content pages at aqa.org.uk/subjects/computer-science/a-level/computer-science-7517/specification/subject-content, verified 2026-08-19.

  1. 1. Fundamentals of programming

    • 4.1.1 Programming
    • 4.1.2 Programming paradigms

  2. 2. Fundamentals of data structures

    • 4.2.1.1 Data structures
    • 4.2.1.2 Single- and multi-dimensional arrays (or equivalent)
    • 4.2.1.3 Fields, records and files
    • 4.2.1.4 Abstract data types/data structures
    • 4.2.2 Queues
    • 4.2.3 Stacks
    • 4.2.4 Graphs
    • 4.2.5 Trees
    • 4.2.6 Hash tables
    • 4.2.7 Dictionaries
    • 4.2.8 Vectors

  3. 3. Fundamentals of algorithms

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  4. 4. Theory of computation

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  5. 5. Fundamentals of data representation

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  6. 6. Fundamentals of computer systems

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  7. 7. Fundamentals of computer organisation and architecture

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  8. 8. Consequences of uses of computing

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  9. 9. Fundamentals of communication and networking

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  10. 10. Fundamentals of databases

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  11. 11. Big Data

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  12. 12. Fundamentals of functional programming

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  13. 13. Systematic approach to problem solving

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