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

   • 3.1.1 Programming
   • 3.1.2 Procedural-oriented programming

2. 2. Fundamentals of data structures

   • 3.2.1.1 Data structures
   • 3.2.1.2 Single- and multi-dimensional arrays (or equivalent)
   • 3.2.1.3 Fields, records and files

3. 3. Fundamentals of algorithms

   Subtopic-level detail for this topic is not yet itemised from the published syllabus.

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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