Course requirements

Computing Technology 7–10 may be studied as a 100-hour or a 200-hour course. The content available for Stage 4 is identical to Stage 5. Teachers teaching the course in Stage 4 may adjust the Stage 5 outcomes as appropriate to the needs of students in Years 7 and 8.

Course numbers:

200-hour elective: 1611
100-hour elective: 1612
200-hour Life Skills elective: 1613
100-hour Life Skills elective: 1614

Exclusions: Students may not access Life Skills outcomes and other outcomes from the same subject.

100-hour course

Students undertaking the 100-hour course are required to complete:

at least one Enterprise Information Systems focus area
at least one Software Development focus area
2–3 focus areas either individually or combined
practical learning and project work for most of the course time
at least one group project.

200-hour course

Students undertaking the 200-hour course are required to complete:

at least 2 Enterprise Information Systems focus areas
at least 2 Software Development focus areas
4–6 focus areas either individually or combined
practical learning and project work for most of the course time
at least one group project.

Organisation of Computing Technology 7–10

Computing Technology 7–10 Syllabus has 6 focus areas:

Enterprise information systems: Modelling networks and social connections
Enterprise information systems: Designing for user experience
Enterprise information systems: Analysing data
Software development: Building mechatronic and automated systems
Software development: Creating games and simulations
Software development: Developing apps and web software

Image long description: A content diagram for Computing Technology 7–10 shows how Systems thinking and Computational thinking are connected via Design thinking through projects. Systems thinking is shown as a key process in the learning and understanding of Enterprise information systems. This includes Modelling networks and social connections, Designing for user experience and Analysing data. Computational thinking is shown as a key process in the learning and understanding of Software development. This includes Building mechatronic and automated systems, Creating games and simulations and Developing apps and web software.

Core learning for Computing Technology 7–10 is embedded across each focus area and within each content group. The core consists of:

thinking skills
social and cultural awareness
technical knowledge and skills
project management.

The content groups describe the knowledge and/or skills students develop to become creative, safe and responsible users of computing technologies. The practical application of knowledge and skills is embedded within the outcomes and content to support the foundation for learning in computing technology through projects. Each focus area is made up of 4 content groups.

Content groups

Identifying and defining
Researching and planning
Producing and implementing
Testing and evaluating.

Life Skills outcomes and content

Balance of content

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