ITO5001 · Applied practice 1

Overview

This unit provides a practical and theoretical understanding to what it means to be an IT professional today, and will involve engaging with proprietary tools. Students will encounter a range of issues relevant to professional practice in the workplace, including ethical and legal challenges caused by technology use.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

In-semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. critically evaluate the deployment of state of the art industry solutions;
2. compare and contrast IT professional roles, assessing the necessity and rationale for constant review and change;
3. identify and analyse the ethical dimensions associated with IT-related decisions, use and quality and their possible impacts on organisations and society.

Workload

A minimum of 122 hours over the 6 week teaching period should be used to complete assignments, participating in discussions, private study and revision.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.