2 units for each of Preliminary and HSC

Board Developed Course (Category A)

Exclusions: None

Prerequisites: None

Course Description:

Information systems and the role they play in society have increased in significance in recent years. The raw ingredients – information, information technology and participants – combine to form information processes within information systems. The area of information systems has provided major jobs growth for both women and men in recent years. Moreover, fields which have not traditionally been associated with computers – but in which processing information is a vital function are emerging as exciting new areas of employment.

The Information Processes and Technology Stage 6 course, teaches students about information-based systems. It covers the processes of collecting, organising, analysing, storing and retrieving, processing, transmitting and receiving, and displaying, as well as the technologies that support them.

Main Topics Covered:

Preliminary Course:

• Introduction to Information Skills and Systems

• Tools for Information Processes

• Developing Information Systems

HSC Course:

• Project Management

• Information Systems and Databases

• Communication Systems

• Option Strands

Students will select TWO of the following:

• Transaction Processing Systems

• Decision Support Systems

• Automated Manufacturing Systems

• Multimedia Systems

Particular Course Requirements:The Preliminary course is organised around three topics that relate to Introduction to Information Skills and Systems, Tools for Information Processes, and Developing Information Systems, where students are involved in both individual and team projects. All topics and their related projects are based on the information processes and skills of collecting, organising, analysing, storing and retrieving, processing, transmitting/receiving and displaying.

The HSC course is organised around three core topics: Project Work, Information Systems and Databases, and Communication Systems, together with four optional strands. Students undertaking this course should have satisfied the required outcomes of the Preliminary course. The HSC course involves a core (60%) and option topics (40%).

For more information about this course, please see: Mr Magann