Computer Appreciation (Introduction)

Course summary

This course is designed to support learners who wish to study IT as a one-year course or for those wishing to study it as a full-time study programme and carry on with the Extended Diploma. The qualification carries UCAS tariff points and is equivalent in size to 1.5 A Levels. Learners will develop a common core of IT knowledge and study areas such as the relationship between hardware and software that form an IT system, managing and processing data to support business, using IT to communicate and share information, and computational thinking skills together with the principles of designing and developing computer programs. What you will study: Learners are taught 6 units of which 4 are mandatory and 2 are external. Mandatory content is 76% and External assessment is 41%. Learners will study four mandatory units: • Unit 1: Information Technology Systems • Unit 2: Creating Systems to Manage Information • Unit 3: Using Social Media in Business • Unit 4: Programming – (Synoptic) This qualification includes a choice of optional units, including: • Unit 5: Data Modelling • Unit 6: Website Development • Unit 7: Mobile Apps Development • Unit 8: Computer Games Development This will allow progression to a variety of degrees when combined with other suitable Level 3 qualifications.