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Unit Synopsis
Technology is at the forefront of social transformation in the 21st century, reshaping how individuals, organisations, and governments interact. In this unit, you will explore the dynamic relationship between digital technologies and society, with a focus on ethics, governance, and accountability. As an emerging ICT professional, you will critically examine how digital systems can both support societal needs and introduce complex ethical, legal, and governance challenges. Topics include artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, intellectual property, censorship, workforce disruption, and information overload. You will apply ethical theories and professional codes of conduct to analyse real-world dilemmas and develop persuasive arguments in personal, organisational, and policy contexts. By the end of the unit, you will be equipped to engage with digital governance issues and contribute responsibly to the design and oversight of technology in 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: COIT11239 Professional Communications Skills for ICT or ENEG11005 Fundamentals of Professional Engineering. 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026
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.
Assessment Tasks
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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%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 57.14% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 12.29% 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: Unit Coordinator Reflection
Navigating academic integrity in the era of Generative AI presents challenges.
Introduce a marking rubric to address generic answers typical of AI-generated responses and missing references.
A revised marking rubric was implemented to discourage generic responses and require appropriate referencing.
Source: Student feedback
Assessments require more explicit instructions and expectations.
Enhance specifications to ensure greater clarity, consistency, and structured guidance for students.
In Progress
Source: Unit-Coordinator self-reflection
The co-requisite unit COMM11003 is no longer on offer.
Remove COMM11003 from the list of co-requisites
In Progress
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.