The common core is taught to SL and HL students.

The program is split into 7 topics, as follows:

The Common Core

1. Systems Life Cycle and Software Development
2. Program Construction in Java
3. Computing System Fundamentals

The Higher Level Topics

1. Computer Maths and Logic
2. Abstract data Structures and Algorithms
3. Further System Fundamentals
4. File Organisation

This does not make a good teaching order, for an overview of the way the course could be taught, please see the overview page.

We hope that other teachers will offer suggestions for teaching orders for the program on the compwiki pages.

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