AS ICT
This subject may be offered at more than one Southern Consortium school site. The teaching of this subject may be at any one of the sites listed below.
The information on this webpage is a guide only. Topics, units and course content may vary from those listed below.
AS ICT @ JRCS
Outline of the course:
ICT is one of those great subjects that lets you maximise on your own strengths. If you turn out to have a really technical interest in ICT, you could work for a bank or corporation helping to design systems which transfer information from a database to a terminal. But if you’re more interested in the user interface, you could work in advertising or for a handset manufacturer. Information is everywhere, so ICT is a sound career move.
ICT helps students develop a number of new skills including:
- How to assemble data and assess its quality
- How to investigate facts and use deduction
- How to put over your point of view fluently
- How to work as a team to achieve results.
Your key learning topics:
In the first year you’ll study two ‘big picture’ themes. In the first theme there’s ‘Practical problem solving’, which introduces you to the various hardware and software technologies used in ICT, and how you can apply them to different applications in real life.
The second theme is ‘Living in the digital world’, which gives you a solid grounding in ICT areas like transferring data, backups and the interface between people and ICT systems.
In the second year you’ll build on that strong foundation with another two study themes.
Assessment
The course is broken down to either A2 level (2 years) or A-S level (1 year).
- The A-S level involves 2 written modular examination papers (60%), and 1 piece of coursework (40%)
- The A2 level involves 4 written modular examinations papers (60%), and 2 pieces of coursework (40%)
The AS specification has 2 units:
Unit 1: Practical Problem Solving in the Digital World
Written Paper: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weighting: 50% of total AS marks 25% of total A Level marks
Unit 2: Living in the Digital World Written Paper: 1 hour 30 minutes
Weighting: 50% of total AS 25% of total A Level marks
Careers and further study
As A’ level ICT is ideal for any student that has experience of a Full Award GCSE in ICT. Students that succeed will have a goal, and will probably want to have an aspect of ICT in their final career.
The AQA in A level ICT will provide you with enhanced career opportunities and provide you with the ICT skills needed to take ICT at degree level. ICT remains one of the biggest growing fields and this A level will unlock the key to a wide range of university courses or a career related to the ICT industry which would make use of your ICT knowledge, understanding and skills.
AS/A2 ICT @ DP
Please see your Director of Sixth Form for more information about this subject.
AS/A2 ICT @ EB
Prior level of attainment and recommended prior learning.
The A/AS specifications in Information and Communication Technology have been developed to enable students who have followed a course in the National Curriculum Information Technology to continue their studies at a higher level. It could enhance career opportunities or provide a coherent, satisfying and worthwhile course of study for students who do not progress to further study in the subject.
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