Professional Issues in IT
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
2020 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | HOL Study Period 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
200 Credit Points from a Bachelor Degree (in Information Systems)Aims and objectives
| Unit Learning Outcomes | |
| On successful completion of this unit students will be able to: | |
| # | Unit Learning Outcome Description |
| ULO1 | Develop and present a resolved project outcome which synthesises an understanding of ethical and socio-technical challenges faced by an ICT professional |
| ULO2 | Evaluate the role of standards, codes of conduct and legislative/regulatory obligations on the level of professionalism of the ICT industry |
| ULO3 | 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 |
| ULO4 | 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
Assessment
General skills outcomes
• analysis skills,
• problem solving skills,
• communications skills,
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
Content
• Formal codes of ethics and codes of conduct (ACS and others, including a selection from ACM, AIS, IEEE-CS, ACM Software Engineering, Engineers Australia), and their impact on the work and behaviour of ICT professionals
• Understanding industry drivers, ICT trends within industries and interconnectedness between industries (with a focus on the Australian industry, including support provided by professional societies and industry associations)
• Professionals’ roles and responsibilities, professional work behaviours and attitudes (including a focus on the structure of ICT work such as provided, for example, by the Skills Foundation for the Information Age (SFIA))
• Business compliance imperatives, including: Sarbanes Oxley, & Australian Standard
8015 (Corporate Governance of Information & Communication Technologies) and their implications for ICT professionals; privacy legislation and anti-money laundering legislation; and their 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
• Social impacts of ICT, including understanding the impacts of ICT on end-users and consumers(with an emphasis on privacy, security and copyright matters)
• Life-long learning and career development as it relates to sound professional practice
Study resources
- Reading materials.