COT1720

Business information technology and systems

(IT)

R Simpson

6 points + 3 hours per week + First, second, summer semester + Caulfield + Prohibitions: CSE1200, CSE1201, BUS1010

Synopsis: Computer hardware and software, data storage retrieval and processing facilities, directories, Windows 95/98/NT and UNIX operating systems, Modelling,decision analysis,spreadsheet concepts and design, database functions. Structured and non-structured databases, retrieval systems. Management information systems, system development lifecycle, communications, distributed processing. Banking, finance, e-commerce, marketing and accounting applications. Professionalism and social implications of information technology. Developments in technology, including the Internet.

Assessment: Examination (2 hours): 50% + Practical work and laboratory work: 50%