FIT3098 - Social informatics - 2017

6 points, SCA Band 1, 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

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2017 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to a critical understanding of the impact of information and communications technology (ICT) within contemporary social relations. In particular, the unit explores the ways in which the diffusion of ICT has reshaped thinking and practice within the workplace, communities, and society more broadly. Particular emphasis is placed upon the relationship between human activity and technology, the various ways in which the latter might replace or augment the former, and the consequences that might follow from such changes.

Outcomes

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

  1. explain the social impact of information and communications technology (ICT) upon activities in the workplace, communities, and society;
  2. recognise the contemporary debates concerning the changing role of ICT within the workplace, communities, and society;
  3. identify social informatics as a problem-oriented discipline;
  4. analyse and critique discussions of the social impact of ICT.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

  1. Contact hours for on-campus students:
    • One 3-hour studio
  2. Additional requirements (all students):
    • A minimum of 3-4 hours of personal study per one hour of contact time in order to satisfy the reading and assignment expectations.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

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

Prerequisites

Completion of 36 points of study

Prohibitions

FIT5090, IMS3010, IMS3810, IMS5023

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