Professional Issues in IT
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: |
Prerequisites
200 Credit PointsAims and objectives
Students will learn to identify and understand issues relating to the personal and organisational application of ICT. Students will develop a sense of professional responsibility through exploring professional codes 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.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Develop and present a resolved project outcome which synthesises an understanding of ethical and socio-technical challenges faced by an ICT professional
2. Evaluate the role of standards, codes of conduct and legislative/regulatory obligations on the level of professionalism of the ICT industry
3. 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
4. Communicate effectively as a professional and function as an effective leader or member of a team
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face Mode:
Scheduled hours: Lectures (12 x 2 hours), Tutorials (12 x 1 hour)
Independent Learning
114 hours (12 x 9.5 hours)
Other Student workload: Other activities including independent study and assessment tasks for a total of approximately 150 hours
OUA and Swinburne Online:
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
150 hours (12 x 12.5 hours)
Assessment
1. Assignment 1 (Group) 30 - 40%
2. Assignment 2 (Individual) 20 - 40%
3. Assignment 3 (Individual) 30 - 40%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• analysis skills,
• problem solving skills,
• communications skills,
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
Content
- Ethics and professionalism, including the philosophical foundations of professional ethics
- Formal codes of ethics and codes of conduct and their impact on the work and behaviour of ICT professionals
- Understanding industry drivers, ICT trends within industries and interconnectedness between industries
- Professionals’ roles and responsibilities, professional work behaviours and attitudes
- Business compliance imperatives, including Sarbanes Oxley, & Australian Standard 8015, and their implications and impacts on the work of ICT professionals
- Issues in both employee and contractor relationships, including responsibilities and management issues involved in providing IT contracting services
- Broader social impacts of ICT including life-long learning, career development and mental health considerations for the ICT professionals
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.