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Enterprise Computing
- Year 11 2027 · Year 12 2028
- 2 units · Board Developed · contributes to the ATAR
- Enterprise Computing 11–12 Syllabus (2022): replaced IPT from 2024, first examined 2025
- Units
- 2 units for each of the Preliminary and HSC courses (Board Developed)
- Exclusions
- Nil
- Group
- Design / Art elective — Choose from this group
Syllabus in use · Current syllabus (2022)
The Academy teaches the Enterprise Computing 11–12 Syllabus (2022), the current NESA syllabus for this course. This syllabus replaced the Information Processes and Technology (IPT) Stage 6 Syllabus (2009) from 2024 and is already current for the Year 11 2027 cohort.
Course description
Enterprise Computing equips students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the constantly evolving world of computing, and to effectively use and manage digital tools and technologies in commercial and other settings. The course develops an entrepreneurial mindset, specialised communication skills, and system, design and computational thinking skills.
Course structure
Year 11 Preliminary · 2027
- Interactive Media and the User Experience
- Networking Systems and Social Computing
- Principles of Cybersecurity
Year 12 HSC · 2028
- Data Science
- Data Visualisation
- Intelligent Systems
- Enterprise Project (individual major project)
Students who should consider this course
This course suits students with an interest in technology and its application to computer-based information systems, and prepares students for tertiary study or careers such as database administration, systems analysis, IT consulting, web development or design, and computer technology.
School-based assessment components
| Component | Weighting % |
|---|---|
| Knowledge and understanding of course content | 60 |
| Knowledge and skills in the design and development of information systems | 40 |
HSC examination
The HSC examination is an online examination worth 80 marks, undertaken by students using a computer and wired headphones. Time allowed is 2 hours 30 minutes including 10 minutes reading time. It consists of objective-response items (approximately 20 marks) and short-answer items (approximately 60 marks).
Subject presentation
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What is Enterprise Computing?
- The study of the digital tools, processes and data that businesses and organisations run on — enterprise information systems.
- You learn to use and manage digital technologies in commercial, industrial, social and environmental settings.
- You develop an entrepreneurial mindset: working collaboratively, communicating with specialised audiences, and applying systems, design and computational thinking.
- There are no option topics — every student studies the same seven topics through project work.
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Learning through project work
- Projects sit at the centre of the course; every focus area is learned by building something.
- You create interactive media, model networks, design secure systems, analyse and visualise data, and build a simple intelligent system.
- You consider the responsible and ethical use of digital systems and apply appropriate standards when developing solutions.
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Year 11 — three focus areas (about 40 hours each)
- Interactive media and the user experience — investigating interactive media, creating media assets and building an interactive system.
- Networking systems and social computing — human-centred computing, enterprise storage and workflows, network architecture and infrastructure.
- Principles of cybersecurity — protecting data and systems, threats and safeguards, and the social, ethical and legal implications of security.
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Year 12 — three focus areas plus the Enterprise project
- Data science — collecting, storing, processing and analysing data (about 30 hours).
- Data visualisation — telling a story with data; interpreting, using and creating visualisations (about 30 hours).
- Intelligent systems — applications of intelligent systems, data in intelligent systems, creating an intelligent system (about 30 hours).
- Enterprise project — an individual major project: identify a need, research, produce, test and evaluate (about 30 hours).
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The Enterprise project
- You choose a real problem and build an enterprise computing solution for it.
- You manage the project end-to-end using project-management skills — planning, scheduling, documenting and evaluating.
- It is the largest single piece of work in the course and draws on everything from Year 11 and Year 12.
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How you are assessed
- Your HSC mark is 50% school-based assessment and 50% the external HSC examination.
- NESA’s mandatory Year 12 components are Knowledge and understanding of course content (50%) and Knowledge and skills in the practical application of the content (50%); the Academy’s assessment schedule sets this out in detail, including the Enterprise project.
- HSC examination: an online exam worth 80 marks, sat on a computer with wired headphones.
- Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes, including 10 minutes reading time.
- Objective-response items (about 20 marks) and short-answer items (about 60 marks).
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Where Enterprise Computing can lead
- Database administration and data analysis
- Systems analysis and IT consulting
- Web development, UX and interface design
- Cybersecurity and network administration
- Business and information systems at university
- Any career that relies on understanding data and digital systems
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Is Enterprise Computing for you?
- You like solving problems with technology and seeing a working result.
- You are organised and can manage a longer project over several weeks.
- You are comfortable learning new software and explaining technical ideas to non-technical people.
- You will need reliable access to a laptop with software such as media-creation tools, a database engine and a web server installed.
- Speak to the Head of Technology with any questions before you make your selection.
Prepared from the NESA Enterprise Computing 11–12 Syllabus (2022), NSW Curriculum website.