1. COMPUTING
BTEC LEVEL 3
2016/17

2. Units
YEAR 12
Unit 8 - Business Applications of Social Media (M)
Unit 15 - Website Development (O)
Unit 11 - Digital Graphics and Animation (O)
Unit 7 - IT Systems Security and Encryption (M)
Unit 1 - Principles of Computer Science (Exam) (M)
Unit 2 - Fundamentals of Computer Systems (Exam) (M)
YEAR 13

3. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Computing
510 GLH
Equivalent in size to 1.5 A Levels.
6 units of which 4 are mandatory and 2 are optional.
Mandatory content (76%).
External assessment (41%).

4. Exams

5. Unit 8 - Business Applications of Social Media
90 GLH
Unit 8 - Business Applications of Social Media
You will explore how organisations use social media to promote their products and/or services, and implement social media activities for an organisation to meet its business requirements.
In this unit you will:
A Explore the impact of social media on the ways in which organisations promote their products and services
B Develop a plan to use social media in an organisation to meet its business requirements
C Implement the use of social media in an organisation

6. Unit 15 - Website Development
60 GLH
Unit 15 - Website Development
Learners investigate website development principles. They will design and develop a website using scripting languages.
In this unit you will:
A Understand the principles of website development
B Design a website to meet client requirements
C Develop a website to meet client requirements.

7. Unit 11 - Digital Graphics and Animation
60 GLH
Unit 11 - Digital Graphics and Animation
You will study the principles, processes and implications of using digital formats to produce and process graphics and animation to meet identified requirements.
In this unit you will:
A Investigate the purpose and principles of digital graphics and animation
B Design digital graphics and animation products to meet client requirements
C Develop digital graphics and animation products to meet client requirements.

8. Unit 7 - IT Systems Security and Encryption
90 GLH
Unit 7 - IT Systems Security and Encryption
You will study IT system security threats and the methods used to protect against them. You will then undertake activities to protect IT systems from security threats, including data encryption.
In this unit you will:
A Understand current IT security threats, information security and the legal requirements affecting the security of IT systems
B Investigate cryptographic techniques and processes used to protect data
C Examine the techniques used to protect an IT system from security threats
D Implement strategies to protect an IT system from security threats.

9. Unit 1 - Principles of Computer Science (Exam)
120 GLH
Unit 1 - Principles of Computer Science (Exam)
This unit covers the principles that underpin all areas of computer science. It will develop your computational-thinking skills and you will apply those skills to solve problems.
A Computational thinking
A1 Decomposition
A2 Pattern recognition
A3 Pattern generalisation and abstraction
A4 Algorithm design
B Standard methods and techniques used to develop algorithms
B1 Structured English (pseudocode)
B2 Flowcharts using standard symbols
C Programming paradigms
C1 Handling data within a program
C2 Arithmetic operations
C3 Built-in functions
C4 Validating data
C5 Control structures
C6 Data structures
C7 Common/standard algorithms
D Types of programming and mark-up languages
D1 Procedural programming
D2 Object-orientated programming
D3 Event driven programming
D4 Coding for the web
D5 Translation
Sample exam

10. Unit 2 - Fundamentals of Computer Systems (Exam)
90 GLH
Unit 2 - Fundamentals of Computer Systems (Exam)
You will study the fundamental principles of how computer systems work, including the role of hardware and software, the way components of a system work together and how data in a system is used.
A Hardware and software
A1 Computer hardware in a computer system
A2 Computer software in a computer system
A3 Data processing
A4 Algorithm design
B Computer architecture
B1 Approaches to computer architecture
B2 The concepts of microarchitecture
B3 Registers and register handling
C How data is represented by computer systems
C1 Number systems
C2 Text representation
C3 Image representation
D How data is organised on computer systems
D1 Data structures
D2 Indices and matrices
E How data is transmitted by computer systems
E1 Transmitting data
E2 Error detection
E3 Error correction
F The use of logic and data flow in computer systems
F1 Boolean logic
F2 Flow charts and system diagrams
Sample exam