Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 199)
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Note: This subject or 617-141 (Sceintific Programming and Simulation) or 617-142 (Scientific Programming and Statistics) or 618-131 (Discrete Mathematics (Advanced)) or 619-100 (Experimenatal Design and Statistical Analysis) is required for the completion of the BIS. Students may not gain credit for both this subject and 617-141, 617-142, 618-131 or 619-100.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: To be announced.
Contact: Three one hour lectures, a one hour tutorial, and three hours problem solving per week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
At the completion of this subject, students should have:
- knowledge of, and the ability to use, a set of tools useful for analysing information requirements, uses, and flows and information systems in organisations;
- an understanding of the discrete mathematics that underlies some of the technical aspects of organisational processes and information systems.
Content:
This subject provides students with a foundation of descriptive and analytical tools useful for understanding and communicating about informational, organisational, and computational processes. Topics include counting, correlation, probability distributions, and descriptive statistics; propositional logic, truth tables, sampling, and inference; information and process mapping; and program execution time and parallel computation. A variety of statistical analysis, process mapping, and other software packages is used.
Assessment:
One written exam of up to three hours; individual and group assignments which together are expected to take about 25 hours. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 199)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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