Students may choose this course even if they have little previous experience in the area of information technology.  If you have already studied Information and Software Technology you may be familiar with some of the topics so you can progress through them quickly.  The course may be taken along with Information Processes and Technology and information Technology VET, giving a potential of upto 6 units of computing.

The Preliminary course introduces students to the basic concepts of computer software design and development.  It does this by looking at the different ways in which software can be developed, the tools that can be used to assist in this process and by considering the interaction between software and other components of the computer system.

The HSC course builds on the Preliminary course, and asks students to develop and document software using a variety of data structures and language facilities and through these will learn to solve a number of interesting and relevant software problems.

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