Course Information:
This unit is designed to target first year, first semester students. As
an undergraduate student you need to acquire an understanding of the
vast and diverse nature of the industry you will be working in, to plan
for a successful career. This unit will provide you with a career
roadmap to understand the diversity of technical and non-technical
skills required to be successful in the ICT Industry. It is important
that you recognise and prepare for the challenges of working in this
rapidly evolving discipline and its relationship with other disciplines
and the consequences of this. This requires the capability to manage a
plethora of complex issues around you and the ability to work
individually as well as collaboratively in a creative and ethical
manner. ICT professionals also require essential information literacy
skills to efficiently retrieve, use, and store information to keep up
with the pace of the discipline.
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Description:
This unit introduces you to the diverse options in the ICT discipline
and its relationship with other disciplines. You will study leading ICT
Industry experts and consider them as potential role models for your own
career path. Using a hypothetical entrepreneurial IT project as a
vehicle, you will acquire the skills and knowledge required to
participate as an individual and as an effective team member, learning
how to critically reflect upon information to ensure you acquire high
quality resources to utilise in your project. You will also be
introduced to professional ethical issues and project management.
Recommendation and Rating:
There are many group projects to work on - 5/10
Recommended study time per week:
7 hours a week
Helpful Resources:
There is no set text for this unit. Most home work tasks are set around
freely available university modules and resources and will be made
available through the unit's black board site.
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