BOSTES 11/14

Who needs to read this notice:

Principals
Curriculum co-ordinators
HSC co-ordinators
Head Teachers TAS
Software Design and Development
Teachers

The examination specifications for the Stage 6 Software Design and Development syllabus have undergone slight amendment.

Implementation of the amended examination specifications will commence for HSC examinations in 2014.

The amendments to the examination specifications are:
Section II – Core (60 marks)

• Questions may consist of short-answer parts.
• There will be approximately 18 items in total (changed from 24 items).
• At least three items will be worth from 4 to 6 marks.

Section III – Options (20 marks)

• There will be two questions, one for each of the options.
• Candidates will be required to answer the question on the option they have studied.
• Each question will consist of approximately 6 short-answer parts. (changed from 8 short-answer parts)

The amended examination specifications are available to download from the Software Design and Development syllabus page of the BOSTES website.

Teachers are also reminded that the Course Specifications document has been updated and is available on the BOSTES website

For more information, contact:
Peter Thompson
Inspector, Technology
peter.thompson@bos.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8454

Helen Bristow
Manager
Examining and Testing
helen.bristow@bos.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8095