ICT
A-level
One-year AS/two-year A-level
ICT (information and communication technology) will teach you how computer systems fit into organisations and how they need to be developed, administered and managed. You will develop your problem-solving skills and learn about social and ethical issues, including how to keep information private. You will gain technical background knowledge to support your study of the running of IT systems and the use of systems in e-commerce.
Required qualifications
Five or more A*–C grades at GCSE including English language and mathematics. You will need to have studied ICT to level 2, ie, GCSE, DIDA or CIDA.
What will I study?
The course will focus on:
- practical problem solving in the digital world
- ICT systems, how they are managed and the impact of ICT
- practical issues involved in the use of ICT in the digital world.
On the course you will:
- develop the use of applications software to solve a realistic business problem
- improve your research skills
- enhance your ability to work with numbers
- improve your problem-solving skills.
Method of assessment
You will be assessed through examinations and a coursework component in each year.
What will I be able to progress to?
A variety of options will be open to you after completing this subject including further study at degree level and careers in business and IT industries. Combined with mathematics and science it will support applications for a number of computer-based university courses.
Other information
Where relevant we encourage students to study both ICT and computing at A-level because of their unique focus on technology.