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FIT1047

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 16 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Information Technology

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Malaysia

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • October intake 2016 (Day)

South Africa

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit introduces students to fundamentals of computer systems, networks and security. It provides basic knowledge of computer organisation and architecture, operating systems, networking architecture, technology and operation. It introduces the concepts of security goals for protecting common modern computer systems and communication networks from adversaries and the deployment of suitable countermeasures to achieve these goals.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse simple logic circuits;
  2. explain and analyse key computer structure and its operations;
  3. analyse and evaluate various strategies used by an operating system in managing the system resources and running applications efficiently;
  4. describe the operation of communication and networking models and develop simple solutions to network problems;
  5. critically assess the security threats and risks to an organisation?s information assets and propose suitable security control technologies that can be applied to reduce the security risks or in making procurement decisions.

Assessment

Examination (3 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 lectures
  • Two hours tutorials/laboratories

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of lecture time in order to satisfy the reading, tute, prac and assignment expectations.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Carsten Rudolph

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

Computer networks and security
Cybersecurity

Prohibitions

FIT1031 and FIT2078

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

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