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COIT11223 - Ethics and Social Issues

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2017

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Term 2 - 2018 Profile
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Term 2 - 2022 Profile
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Term 2 - 2023 Profile
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Term 3 - 2023 Profile
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Sydney
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Brisbane
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Term 3 - 2024 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Examination 50%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 85.71% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 29.58% response rate.

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.

Source: In-class and e-mail feedback
Feedback
Please provide a detailed marking sheet for the final assessment item
Recommendation
Develop the marking sheet earlier in the future, and distribute it along with the final assessment itself.
Action Taken
In lieu of this, a detailed marking scheme is explained during the final class, which is recorded for all students.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Continue to provide useful and up-to-date examples from the news
Recommendation
Continue to endeavour to add relevant and current examples of practice, augmenting the notes which are often more related to unchanging theories.
Action Taken
Course material was updated for the next offering to include more recent examples and to update existing examples.
Source: ACS Accreditation recommendation
Feedback
Add more Cyber security-related content reflecting changing practices in the ICT industry.
Recommendation
Reorganise the unit to include a security-specific week.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Relate knowledge of the social context of computing to ethics.
  2. Describe and apply methods and tools of analysis for identifying and resolving ethical issues using philosophical frameworks.
  3. Identify and discuss professional and ethical responsibilities, including the purpose of codes of ethics for computing professionals.
  4. Outline and describe risks and liabilities of computer based systems and the critical characteristics of information.
  5. Identify and analyse legal, social, ethical and security issues in ICT.
  6. 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
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Examination
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Examination