Syllabus and Course Specifications
The documents the course and the HSC exam are written from. Start here.
Enterprise Computing 11–12 Syllabus (2022): overview (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
Course description, how the course is organised and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander protocols.
Course structure, hours and requirements (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
Indicative hours, enrolment details and the link to the Course Specifications.
Rationale (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
Why NESA teaches Enterprise Computing and what students gain from it.
Aim (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The single statement of purpose that every outcome supports.
Outcomes (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
Year 11 (EC-11-01 to EC-11-11) and Year 12 (EC-12-01 to EC-12-11) outcomes, the codes used in these notes.
Content: every focus area and dot point (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The exact dot points these notes follow, for all seven focus areas.
Syllabus glossary (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
NESA’s own definitions of the 81 terms marked NESA in the notes’ glossary.
Higher School Certificate Course Specifications: Enterprise Computing (opens in a new tab)
NESA
The integral, examinable notation and methods: DFDs, flowcharts, system flowcharts, decision trees, data dictionaries, storyboards, network diagrams, Gantt charts, schemas, SQL and spreadsheet functions.
Course overview image (Figure 1) (opens in a new tab)
NESA
NESA’s diagram of how the focus areas, project work and skills fit together.
NESA website: Enterprise Computing 11–12 Syllabus (2022) (opens in a new tab)
NESA
The NESA website entry that points to the NSW Curriculum syllabus pages.
Record of changes (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The official change log for the syllabus and its supporting material.
Assessment and the HSC examination
How the course is assessed at school and in the HSC, and the rules schools follow.
Assessment (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The starting page for assessment; it opens on the course standards.
Course standards (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The Common Grade Scale (Preliminary) and the HSC performance band descriptions.
School-based assessment (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
Year 11 and Year 12 components (50% each), task weighting guidance and the take-home task limit.
HSC examinations (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The exam specification (80 marks, 2 hours 30 minutes, online), exam tools and familiarisation questions.
ACE rules: assessment programs (2.1) (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The rules for Preliminary and HSC school-based assessment programs, including take-home tasks and generative AI.
ACE rules (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
Assessment, Certification and Examination rules and requirements.
NESA 29/26: new limit on take-home assessment tasks (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Official notice of the limit on take-home tasks from Term 4 2026, exempt courses and generative AI requirements.
NESA 34/26: changes to the ACE rules on take-home tasks and AI (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Official notice of the rule changes and when they take effect.
HSC exam provisions (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Exam provisions for students with disability.
HSC exam papers, marking guidelines and the online exam
Enterprise Computing is examined online, so practise with NESA’s own materials and tools.
Enterprise Computing HSC exam papers (opens in a new tab)
NESA
The index of Enterprise Computing HSC exam packs (2025 is the first).
Enterprise Computing 2025 HSC exam pack (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Links to the online exam, marking guidelines, question-by-question marker feedback and sample responses. There is no downloadable paper.
2025 HSC Enterprise Computing marking guidelines (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Criteria, marks and sample answers for every question of the 2025 exam.
2025 HSC sample full-mark responses (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Sample full-mark responses to the short-answer questions.
HSC online exam and familiarisation questions (opens in a new tab)
NESA
NESA’s online exam environment: practise with the spreadsheet, drawing and screen design tools.
Marking guidelines: HSC familiarisation questions (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Marking guidelines for the familiarisation questions, including a Level 0 DFD, formulas and classification items.
Marking guidelines: online HSC sample exam (opens in a new tab)
NESA
Marking guidelines for the online sample exam (the exam itself is only available through Schools Online).
Spreadsheet tool: video transcript (opens in a new tab)
NESA
What the online exam spreadsheet tool does and how to use it.
Drawing tool: video transcript (opens in a new tab)
NESA
What the online exam drawing tool does; it is used for diagrams such as DFDs.
Screen design tool: video transcript (opens in a new tab)
NESA
What the online exam screen design tool does; it is used for interface and storyboard questions.
HSC exam resources (opens in a new tab)
NESA
NESA’s hub for HSC standards materials and exam packs.
Teaching and learning
Sample programs, units and advice NESA published alongside the syllabus. Useful for seeing how a course can be sequenced.
Teaching and learning (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The index of teaching support: advice, resources, sample units and the record of changes.
Teaching advice (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
Why each focus area matters, project work advice and Life Skills considerations.
Teaching resources (opens in a new tab)
NSW Curriculum · NESA
The list of Course Specifications, sample scope and sequences, sample units and other support material.
Sample scope and sequence: Year 11, 120 hours (opens in a new tab)
NESA
One way to sequence the Year 11 units across 120 hours.
Sample scope and sequence: Year 12, 120 hours (opens in a new tab)
NESA
One way to sequence the Year 12 units, for example Processing and Presenting and Humans vs Machine.
Sample scope and sequence B: Year 12, 120 hours (opens in a new tab)
NESA
An alternative Year 12 sequence.
Sample unit: Year 11, Networking systems and social computing (opens in a new tab)
NESA
A worked unit with teaching, learning and assessment activities.
Sample unit: Year 12, Enterprise computing project (opens in a new tab)
NESA
A worked unit for the Year 12 Enterprise Project focus area.
Bibliography (opens in a new tab)
NESA
The reference list used to develop the Enterprise Computing and Computing Technology Life Skills syllabuses.
Engagement report (opens in a new tab)
NESA
The consultation report on the development of the syllabus.
Parent and carer guide (opens in a new tab)
NESA
A short overview of what students learn, written for families.
Introduction to the Computing Technologies 7–12 Syllabuses: transcript (opens in a new tab)
NESA
A transcript of the introductory video across the 7–12 computing syllabuses.
Professional learning: Enterprise Computing 11–12 (opens in a new tab)
NESA Learning
The NESA Learning catalogue course for teachers, linked from the syllabus content page.
Legislation and standards behind the syllabus concepts
Primary sources for ideas the syllabus names. These organisations are not NESA; each is the authority on its own topic.
Australian Privacy Principles (opens in a new tab)
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
The thirteen principles for how personal information is collected, used, stored and disclosed.
Notifiable Data Breaches scheme (opens in a new tab)
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
When a data breach must be reported and to whom.
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (opens in a new tab)
Federal Register of Legislation
The Act itself, as currently in force.
Cybercrime Act 2001 (Cth) (opens in a new tab)
Federal Register of Legislation
The Australian law on offences against computers and data.
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (opens in a new tab)
Federal Register of Legislation
The Act that protects creators’ rights, including for software, images and music.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) (opens in a new tab)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The international accessibility standard behind designing for people with disability.
Creative Commons licences (opens in a new tab)
Creative Commons
What each standard licence lets you do with someone else’s work.
MQTT (opens in a new tab)
MQTT.org
The lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol widely used by Internet of Things devices.
Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty Collective (opens in a new tab)
Maiam nayri Wingara
The Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia.