HSC Information Processing and Technology/The Course

Aim
Information Processes and Technology Stage 6 is designed to enable students to become confident, competent, discriminating and ethical users of information technologies, to possess an understanding of information processes and to appreciate the effect of information systems on society.

Objectives
Students will develop:
 * 1) knowledge and understanding of the nature and function of information systems
 * 2) knowledge and understanding of interrelationships among information processes
 * 3) an understanding and appreciation of social and ethical issues pertaining to information systems, technologies and processes
 * 4) an understanding and appreciation of the emerging nature of information systems, technologies and processes within a historical context
 * 5) skills in the discriminatory selection and ethical use of appropriate resources and tools to support information systems
 * 6) skills and techniques to creatively and methodically plan, design and implement information systems to address needs
 * 7) skills in management, communication and teamwork in relation to individual and group activities.

Course Structure
The arrangement and relationship between components of the Preliminary course and the HSC course for Information Processes and Technology Stage 6 are outlined below. The percentage values refer to indicative course time.