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Note: Students gaining credit for this subject may gain credit for 433-343 (Professional Issues in Computing) only with the permission of the Head of Department.
Availability: Available from 1998.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: To be announced.
Prerequisite: 615-155 (Principles of Management) and permission of the Head of Department
Contact: Three one hour lectures and up to two hours of seminar discussion per week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
At the completion of this subject, students should:
- be conversant with a range of current technical and organisational issues related to information systems;
- have explored these current issues in information systems while developing analytical skills and personal competencies in research, data collection and analysis, writing, listening, presenting, and working in teams.
Content:
The topics covered in this subject vary from year to year to maintain currency with current thinking and discussion in the information systems profession. Examples of possible topics -- four or five will be chosen each time the subject is given -- include computer aided software engineering; the information superhighway; business opportunities on the Internet; information privacy; why information systems fail; emerging technologies; information ecology; and the role of information systems in organisational change. Students will choose or be given topics to be investigated either individually or in groups, and will perform library, on-line, and field research, prepare and deliver reports and presentations, and analyse and critique the reports and presentations of other students.
Assessment:
Continuous assessment based on individual and group reports, presentations, and critiques. Student peer critiques will be a component of the assessment. 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 201)
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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