James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020
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FS0403 - Fundamentals of Internet Technology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | Division of Tropical Environments & Societies |
Subject Description
- 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. Discovering computing via the Web, email and the Internet; searching for information on the Internet; hardware and software components; setting up a personal computer; problem solving with computers; word processing; document layout and production; presentation managers; spreadsheets; databases; data communication and computer networks; multimedia; new technologies; ethics, privacy and the information industry. This subject is a core requirement for an Information Technology major. However, it is an elective freely open to all students in foundations studies. This subject is designed to improve basic computer literacy that is important to all university majors. It also show cases what is available for study in subsequent Information Technology subjects should non-Information Technology majors decide to delve further into Information Technology studies.
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
Subject Assessment
- Invigilated > Other exams - (10%)
- End of Trimester Exam - (45%)
- Non-Invigilated > Assignments - (15%)
- Invigilated > Presentations - (30%)
Note that 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.
Special Assessment Requirements
Nil
Availabilities
Townsville, Study Period 48, Internal | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 19 Nov 2020 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 26 Oct 2020 to Friday, 05 Feb 2021 |
| Staff: | No staff allocated; see "This Subject In Other Years". |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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