Undergraduate - UnitFIT1013 - IT for business

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)

Synopsis

Introduction to business application tools and introduction to basic computing concepts. Principles of spreadsheets and relational databases, covering their use for the generation of business plans, reports, financial statements, etc. Both the spreadsheet and database components incorporate an introduction to programming with visual basic for applications (VBA). The database component covers principles of database design. The business application software packages used in the unit are Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students will have:

A sound knowledge of spreadsheet applications which will provide an understanding of business spreadsheet modelling for analysis, reporting and presentation of organisational data;
learnt to construct applications using VBA as the language for enhancing the appearance and useability of spreadsheet and database systems;
a knowledge of the use of relational databases for analysis, reporting and presentation of organisational information;
an appreciation that a knowledge of programming can be used to enhance the utility of office productivity software packages.