Professional Issues in IT
24 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit assists students in identifying and understanding issues relating to the personal and organisational application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with particular emphasis on ethics and privacy. Students will develop a sense of professional responsibility through exploring the professional code of ethics articulated by professional accrediting bodies. Students will explore a range of social, legal, ethical and business issues that ICT professionals face in their careers.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Critically synthesise knowledge of ethics, ethical decision-making, privacy and socio-technical challenges faced by an ICT professional
- Critically evaluate the role of standards, codes of conduct and legislative/regulatory obligations on the level of professionalism of the ICT industry
- Critically analyse the impacts of business compliance imperatives and how this impacts on the work of the ICT professional
- Critically review the roles and responsibilities of ICT professionals in organisations and society from a range of perspectives such as work-life balance, mentoring and life-long learning
- Communicate effectively as a professional and function as an effective leader or member of a team
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 |
OUA
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Brief 1 | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,2,3,4 |
Reflection | Individual | 20 - 40% | 2,4 |
Report | Group | 30 - 40% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Content
- Ethics including the philosophical foundations of professional ethics, data ethics and ethical policy vacuums.
- Privacy considerations in a networked world
- Formal codes of conduct and their impact on the work and behaviour of ICT professionals
- ICT trends and drivers within industries and the interconnectedness between industries
- Professionals’ roles, responsibilities, work behaviours and attitudes with a focus on the structure of ICT work as provided by the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
- Gender equality, diversity, inclusion and group dynamics in the ICT domain
- Business compliance imperatives and their impacts on the work of ICT professionals
- Issues in both employee and contractor relationships, including responsibilities and management issues involved in providing Information Technology (IT) contracting services
- Digital disruption and emerging technology implications for ICT professionals
- Life-long learning and career development as it relates to sound professional practice
- Social impacts of ICT with particular focus on end-users and consumers
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.