Undergraduate - UnitFIT1013 - IT for business

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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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 2015 (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

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

use spreadsheets to report, analyse and model organisational data;
use relational databases to report and analyse organisational information;
construct applications using VBA as the language for enhancing the appearance and usability of spreadsheet and database systems.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

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

Two hours of lectures
One 2-hour laboratory

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

A minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of contact time in order to satisfy the reading and assignment expectations.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Yen Cheung

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Business information systems

Prohibitions

BUS1010, CSE1720, GCO1851, MMS1401

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit1013