FIT1038 was developed as part of the faculty review of the Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (BITS) in 2010. It is a core unit in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) major of the BITS.

FIT1038 runs for the first time this semester. Self-evaluation and feedback from students suggested that the teaching delivery to be changed to 2 hours lecture and 2 hours tutorial instead of 1 hour lecture and 3 hours tutorial.

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

FIT1038 forms part of the core of the ICT major in the BITS. This unit introduces students to a range of components of an ICT infrastructure. It gives a broad overview of these ICT components, their internal structures, interfaces and usage. In contrast to FIT1001 and FIT1031, this unit does not go into depth in its discussion of the internal architecture and basic operating system of the components. The unit will provide:

On the completion of this unit, student will be able to:

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This unit provides an introduction to information technology architecture. It gives broad coverage of a range of different devices used to build an IT infrastructure for an organisation. For each device, its usage, functionality, internal architecture and connectivity will be explored. The exploration will enable students to see the relevance of different devices to the overall solution provided by an ICT infrastructure.

on-campus

In-semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

This unit needs to be run in studio setting.

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