Information and software technology

INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY

Technology in today’s society is constantly evolving and changing. Information and Software Technology (IST) is a challenging and exciting course, which provides students with plenty of opportunities to explore a wide range of software and hardware. The students will acquire an extensive set of skills that are all necessary for a technology rich future.

The course content includes a high aspect of practical projects, which are designed to develop students’ knowledge, confidence and creativity in designing, analysing, developing and evaluating Information Technology solutions.

This is very much a hands-on course and students spend a significant of amount of time on each project, which are the main basis for assessments. Some of the fun projects included are:

• Taking a computer apart and explaining how they work by creating their own website • Designing and creating a database • Creating videos using a variety of different digital media (text, video, audio and images) • Creating 2D and 3D animations • Coding • Programming language to control Lego Robots

The course encourages and reinforces literacy strategies, especially the development of technical and technological literacy.

At the end of your course, you will be equipped with lifelong skills that you can use in a whole variety of jobs, from management to consulting, from programming to information systems administration, from IT companies to any company, large or small.