Catalyst Handbook 2019 | Page 43

Catalyst • Junior Secondary Curriculum • Handbook 2019 Discovery Course Year 9 Computer Science Computer Science is a course that has been designed to increase students’ skill levels in a number of areas. It is a course that students can continue all the way through to tertiary level and develops excellent skills in the use of ICT and developing applications. Computer Science is about problem solving. Thus, the qualities of a good computer scientist include a passion for finding elegant solutions, an ability to use ma