2002 Swinburne TAFE Handbook - Swinburne University of ...

Subject Details I 215
Aims & Objectives
This module provides students with the ability to use a graphical user interface
operating system to run software on a microcomputer, using keyboard and mouse. They
learn how to manage files and directories using a graphic disk management program to
create, copy, delete, move and modify them, how to run multiple applications, and how
to access help.
ITH303
20 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
Installing and Managing a
Graphical User Interface
This module is more advanced that Module ITH202, and it is intended for students who
have previous exposure to GUI environments. It gives them the ability to use a graphical
user interface operating system to manage a microcomputer, and to install and run
applications. It covers GUI customisation, and using the print manager to install,
configure and connectto printers, and to manage documents sentto them.
Contents:
Windows basics.
The structure of Windows 95.
The Windows 95 shell and applets.
Explorer as a file manager.
Word processing and graphics.
Windows accessories.
Printing in Windows 95.
Control Panel.
ITH402
20 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
Configuring and Optimising a
Graphical User Interface
This module builds on work covered in Module ITH303.ltaliows students with some
GUI skills to configure an environmentto suit particular requirements and optimise a
system for best performance. It covers loading and configuring driver software for
sound and video hardware, configuring memory and secondary storage, implementing
security functions, locating, installing and configuring utility software, setting priorities
for multi-tasking applications, and using data exchange facilities.
ITH404
PC Support
20 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
This module enables students to carry out tasks involving the regular maintenance of PC
systems, to support the productivity of system users. It assumes that they already
have a working knowledge of command line and graphical user interfaces, and
introduces a systematic method to identify and rectify problems. It also covers hard
disk organisation and systematic backup procedures.
ITl303
5 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
Workplace Health and Safety
This module will enable students to use proper and appropriate health and safety
procedures in theirwork.
LAH101
90 nominal Hours. Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
learning to learn
The aim ofthis module is to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to
gather information, comprehend and produce complex written texts, and to participate
effectively in a variety of learning environments.
LAH102
Inquiry and Presentation
54 nominal Hours. Prerequisite: Nil. Assessment: Continuous
Aims & Objectives
This module aims to provide students with advanced research, writing and presentation
skills.
LAH103
20 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
Word Processing (Introductory)
This module aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skillsto use a word
processing software package to produce simple documents in the most efficient
manner. The emphasis is on process ratherthan production skills.
LAH104
20 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
Keyboarding Techniques and
Operations
This module aims to provide participants with the skills and techniques needed to
successfully operate a keyboard.
LAH105
90 nominal Hours. Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
Public life Past & Present
Equips students with the knowledge and skills to participate effectively in debates
about public issues, and to examine the nature and role of democracy in contemporary
society.
LAH107
Nature and Its Human
Transformations
90 nominal Hours. Prerequisite: Nil. Assessment: Continuous
Aims & Objectives
To provide students with the knowledge and skills to examine the way nature is viewed
and represented within different cultures. There will be an emphasis on contemporary
Australian environmental issues.
LAH109
Text & Culture I
72 nominal Hours. Prerequisite: Nil. Assessment: Continuous
Content
This subject develops the skills of oral and written analysis and criticism. Reading texts
enables discussion which examines the perspectives and values offilm makers and the
society of which they are a part. Films and written texts are treated as cultural
documents which embody the values and views of the dominant culture or reflect the
views or experiences of minority groups. It isthe identification of these values and
perspectives, the ways in which they are conveyed, their influence on audiences and
their constructing and reflecting cultural experiences which is the focus of the subject.
LAH201
Tradition and Modernity
90 nominal Hours. Prerequisite: Nil. Assessment: Continuous
Content
Examines the issues in contemporary debates aboutthe significance oftraditions and
modernity. It evaluates the importance of revolutionary breaks with tradition in both
contemporary Western and non -Western cultures.
LAH203
History and Sociology of Human
Relationships
90 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil· Assessment: Continuous
Swinburne University of Technology I TAFE Handbook 2002