Computer Appreciation (Introduction)

Course summary

The course will deliver refreshing and exciting content, that’s up to date, engaging, fit for purpose and suitable for students’ needs. The qualification has been developed in consultation with universities, employers and industry specialists to make sure that students will gain the right combination of knowledge, understanding and skills required for the 21st century. The course has a wide range of centre assessed units with practical and wider project-based assessment opportunities. In addition, there are examinable units on the Fundamentals of IT, Global Information, and Cyber Security. The content has resulted in a focused qualifications which, dependent on the size chosen, either complement a Key Stage 5 study programme alongside other vocational qualifications, A Levels, or may constitute the bulk of a two-year study programme.