This course provides students with foundational knowledge of the infrastructure and management of computer-based information systems as practiced in modern organisations. The course is designed to prepare students for more technically advanced studies in the area of information systems and technologies. Students will study the physical and logical components of information systems and technologies at a conceptual level. This includes concepts and terminology relating to networking, data communications technologies, hardware and software fundamentals and data storage. The course approaches information systems and technologies from a business management perspective and includes study of the specific issues associated with the successful management of information systems. Students will undertake a review of contemporary theory to develop foundational knowledge in preparation for a professional career in ICT. This core course in the BIT program enables students to gain knowledge and understanding for later study of advanced courses.**STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN OR WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED COIS11011 FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS COMPUTING CANNOT ENROL IN THIS COURSE.**
Level | Undergraduate |
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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 |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
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 |
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).
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 Task | Weighting |
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1. Written Assessment | 10% |
2. Online Quiz(zes) | 5% |
3. Written Assessment | 30% |
4. Online Quiz(zes) | 5% |
5. 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%).
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
No previous feedback available
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.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
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1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
2 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | |||||
3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
4 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | |||||
5 - Examination | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • | |||
3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | |||||
8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
2 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | • | ||||||
3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
4 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | • | ||||||
5 - Examination | • | • | • | • | • | • |