This subject is intended for students in the Business and other non-computing Faculties. It gives students a basic introduction to computing technology, including hardware, systems software, application software, system development, e-commerce, databases, communications and other aspects of commercial computing including ethics and security. It presents this range of topics with the general goal of presenting the value of information within today's society and the critical role played by information technology to gather, generate, store, process, store and distribute information.

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

16 Sept 2013 - This unit will be offered into the Faculty of Business and Economics degree, the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) commencing 2014 at Berwick campus. This unit is a core unit in 2nd semester of first year of the BBA. It will replace FIT1004 which was originally approved to be offered into the BBA.

1/9/2015 - Updated for course architecture programs. Effective semester 1/2016

30/11/2015 - Updated objectives to learning outcomes for AQF compliance as approved at UGPC 5/15 (Item 9.1).

30/11/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This unit is offered and tailored specifically for non-IT students. Therefore, it provides an introduction to a broader range of topics within IT, from hardware to project management. It allows non-IT students to gain an appreciation of the value of information and the information technology tools and techniques which are used to manage information. The focus of this unit is to use common business tools to teach students and appreciation of information technology, software, hardware and systems. It is not similar to FIT1013, which is focused on teaching business tools for IT students or FIT1001, which introduces hardware and software computer systems to IT students.

The unit allows non-IT students to gain an appreciation of information technology which we consider an essential part of any future career.

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. describe the value of information within today's society and the critical role played by information technology to gather, generate, store, process, store and distribute information;
2. describe technology, software and hardware of computing and of the uses of computing in the business environment;
3. explain the dimensions and scope of information technology and the change from an industrial to a knowledge driven society;
4. summarise the nature, role, technology and functions of various types of hardware and software which form a computer system including simple software tools to more advanced integrated systems such as CRM or Supply Chain Management.
5. demonstrate the development of spreadsheet modelling, small database models and of an information rich web application such as a mashup.
6. describe the wide variety of skills required in analysis, design, implementation, maintenance and management of computer systems.
7. demonstrate a professional attitude to aspects of ethics and standards.

029900

This unit introduces students to the value of information within today's society and the critical role played by information technology to gather, generate, store, process and distribute information. The unit will familiarise students with hardware, operating systems, business-oriented software such as spreadsheets and databases, systems development, decision making, networks, communication, the Internet, e-commerce and recent developments in the World Wide Web. Students will be given the opportunity to develop their own information systems using common tools such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Mashup editor tools.

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

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