The GCSE course is split into 4 units. Units 1 and 3 are written examinations and each worth 20% of the course. Units 2 and 5 are controlled assessments and each worth 30% of the course.

Unit 1: ICT in Today’s World

- ICT systems

Systems
Hardware
Software

- Exchanging information

Communications

- Presenting information

- Manipulating data

Data management
Data handling software

- Keeping data safe and secure

- Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT

- Using ICT systems

How ICT systems are used
Troubleshooting

- Monitoring, measurement and control technology

- ICT and modern living

Unit 2: Practical applications in ICT

Candidates create an ICT solution using ICT applications.

- Investigating a need

- Practical use of software tools to produce a working solution

- Practical use of a file and data structure to produce a working solution

- Present their solution

- Evaluation

Unit 3: ICT in Context

- Networks

- Information Knowledge Based Systems and Expert Systems

- Project Planning

- Exchanging information

Communications software

- Keeping data safe and secure

- Current and emerging technologies

Unit 4: Coding a Solution

Candidates identify a potential coded solution to a problem and solve using basic programming techniques.

- Programming techniques

- Analysis

- Design

- Development

- Testing

- Evaluation

(Taken from the OCR GCSE ICT Specification 2009)

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