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Information and Communication Technology (AS Level)

Study Level

Level 3
AS
Awarding Body: OCR

Entry Requirements

Five GCSEs at grade C or above including English and Maths..

Course Content

This programme provides a broad grounding in ICT. Students explore the subject in terms of information management, systems and applications. They also complete a number of structured, practical ICT tasks. Topics covered include: data, information, knowledge and processing; software and hardware components of an information system; characteristics of standard applications software and application areas; spreadsheets and databases and applications software. The legal, moral and social issues surrounding ICT are also explored and the practical element of the course sees students learning about design, software development, testing and documentation.

Further Information

Start Date: September one year

Assessment

One 2 hour written exam and coursework.

Progression To

A2 Information and Communication Technology

Course Code

1A0869

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