IT A level or Comp Sci A level? with History and Photography

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DS has just about decided on History, Photography and either Comp Sci or IT A levels. He's not sure what he wants to do for a career, so he'd like to study something he loves (History), something he's interested in (Photography), and something that will be useful (Comp Sci/IT). This seems pretty sound to me, but just thinking ahead, to what doors this combination might open in the future, whether uni or some other further education. Any thoughts on this? An alternative A level could be Business Studies, or Film Studies instead of Photography.

Regarding the Comp Science or IT A level - he's looking at a college that offers Cambridge International A Level in Information Technology, rather than the OCR Computer Science A Level that most other schools offer. I think he's feeling nervous about tackling Comp Sci after his GCSE where he was predicted as a 7 and landed up with a 5. He's not convinced this is strong enough to get him through the A Level.
Does anyone have a view on the IT A level? It seems quite rarely available, and is more often available as a BTech from what I've seen online.

I think the CS would be a more academic option, especially as he is doing anart subject.

If he is thinking CS as a degree which seems unlikely given his GCSE result, maths A level would be better.

Film Studies is more like English than photography. Has he considered English? It usually goes well with history.

Economics or a language would be useful if he wants to do history at uni.

I would work backwards and find out whether universities would accept the IT A level for a "computing" degree course. For degrees in Computer Science, A level Maths is usually needed.

I hope you'll forgive me resurrecting this zombie 2023 thread but I thought people might like to know about something which can actually combine photography, history and computer science - photogrammetry, and 3D scanning.

To be fair it's really just photographs and computer science and can be applied to almost any discipline but it's being used in digitising 3D versions of delicate historic materials (that will eventually disintegrate because of their age and also the type of dyes and mordants originally used on them), e.g. An investigation of 3D technologies applied to historic textiles for improved understanding, conservation and engagement.

The technique is also used in a marine setting too, for example Improving marine growth estimates using 3D photogrammetry and Photogrammetry as a tool to improve reef restoration.

Of course the games industry and film/TV VFX companies might also be choices for someone interested in computing and photography too. Hope he landed on something he enjoys :)

Jo