Overview
The aim of this unit is to prepare students for a role as an informed professional within the IT/IS industry. It addresses the legal, social and ethical issues relating to the evolution of computer technology within society.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisite: COMM11003 Communication in Professional Contexts OR COIT11239 Professional Communications Skills for ICT
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 3 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Evaluations
Distance students indicated they felt disconnected from the unit content to some degree and wanted more contact with staff.
Arrange for the weekly workshops to be connected to Zoom for distance students to join in, and also record these sessions so they can be viewed by students later.
- Relate knowledge of the social context of computing to ethics.
- Describe and apply methods and tools of analysis for identifying and resolving ethical issues using philosophical frameworks.
- Identify and discuss professional and ethical responsibilities, including the purpose of codes of ethics for computing professionals.
- Outline and describe risks and liabilities of computer based systems and the critical characteristics of information.
- Identify and analyse legal, social, ethical and security issues in ICT.
- Describe the components of physical security and their roles in organisational information security.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.
ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA code is included:
- Business Analysis (BUAN)
- Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)
- IT Governance (GOVN)
- Information Assurance (INAS)
- Change Implementation Planning and Management (CIPM)
- Information Content Authoring (INCA)
- Human Factor Integration (HFIN)
- IT Management (ITMG)
- Problem Management (PBMG).
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
3 - Examination - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Communication | ||||||
2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
5 - Team Work | ||||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
3 - Examination - 50% |
Textbooks
Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs To Know
(2016)
Authors: Kaplan, J
Oxford University Press
Oxford Oxford , United Kingdom
ISBN: 978-0190602390
Binding: Paperback
Ethics for the Information Age
Edition: 6th edn (2014)
Authors: Quinn, MJ
Pearson
Upper Saddle River Upper Saddle River , NJ , USA
ISBN: 9781292061238
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
For the Kaplan text, an ebook can be ordered from the authors website, or many online bookstores (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Angus & Robertson etc): http://jerrykaplan.com/books/
An ebook version of the Quinn book is also available directly from Pearson: http://www.pearson.com.au/9780134296548. However, if paper copies are preferred of either text, they are available at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au/p>
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.cowling@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
The Information Age
Chapter
Quinn: chapter 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Artificial Intelligence
Chapter
Kaplan: chapters 1, 2 and 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Computer and Network Security
Chapter
Quinn: chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Ethics and Ethical Theories
Chapter
Quinn: chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Privacy
Chapter
Quinn: chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Intellectual Property
Chapter
Quinn: chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Professional Ethics
Chapter
Quinn: chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Censorship and the Government
Chapter
Quinn: chapter 3 and 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Legal Issues
Chapter
Kaplan: chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Workforce
Chapter
Kaplan: chapters 6 and 7
Quinn: chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Information Overload
Chapter
Individual readings on Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review
Chapter
Exam review Materials on Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Unit Coordinator:
Dr Michael A. Cowling
CQUniversity Brisbane
Ph: 07 3295 1196
E-mail: m.cowling@cqu.edu.au
1 Written Assessment
Week 6 Friday (22 Dec 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Marked submission will be made available to students two weeks after submission.
- Relate knowledge of the social context of computing to ethics.
- Describe and apply methods and tools of analysis for identifying and resolving ethical issues using philosophical frameworks.
- Identify and analyse legal, social, ethical and security issues in ICT.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Week 10 Friday (26 Jan 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Returned via the unit website.
- Outline and describe risks and liabilities of computer based systems and the critical characteristics of information.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
No calculators permitted
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.