BUS3200

Chinese language information technology

C-H Yeh

6 points
* One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week
* Second semester
* Clayton, Caulfield
* Prerequisites: Familiarity with written Chinese and a first-year computing subject or the equivalent

Objectives By completing this subject, students develop a sound basis for Chinese computing in the business environment; are able to use popular Chinese computing software and application packages; and extend their capabilities to other non-Roman languages; and understand the techniques used to develop Chinese computing software.

Synopsis This subject is designed to familiarise students with the Chinese language computing environment and to enable them to develop a sound knowledge of Chinese computing in the business context. Students will learn the principles and skills of Chinese business computing through the practical use of popular Chinese software systems and application packages. Emphasis will be given to Chinese computing in particular, but principles applicable to all non-Roman character sets will be discussed. It is expected that students can acquire skills that can easily be translated into using software in non-Roman languages, and will develop ability to understand the techniques used to develop Chinese business applications software. The course will be taught in English, but students need to have a good knowledge of written Chinese.

Assessment Assignments: 15%
* Practical work: 15%
* Examination (2 hours): 70%

Prescribed texts

Yeh C-H Chinese language information technology School of Business Systems, Monash U, 1998

Recommended texts

Huang J K T and Huang T D An introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean computing World Scientific Publishing, 1989
Lunde K Understanding Japanese information processing O'Reilly and Associates, 1993