CP1030 - IT Fundamentals

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Business

This subject will provide students from all disciplines with the knowledge required to use information technology effectively. It introduces students to techniques for collecting, organizing and disseminating information using the Internet and multimedia. Ethics, security, privacy issues relating to the use of IT will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the fundamental concepts in data communications and Internet;
• understand the ethical, security and privacy issues in using information technologies;
• understand the basics of computer hardware and software;
• apply multimedia technologies and tools for information dissemination.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Trina Myers.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); assessment involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. the full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Trina Myers.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); assessment involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. the full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Trina Myers
Lecturer:	jc153934.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); assessment involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. the full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Trina Myers
Lecturer:	Dr Kim Ku.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); assessment involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. the full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Trina Myers
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); assessment involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. the full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 18-Nov-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Trina Myers
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); assessment involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. the full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).
Beijing UT, Internal, Study Period 69
Census Date 07-Oct-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Trina Myers
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 70%); assessment involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. the full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the web (10% - 60%); tba (% - 50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.