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Subject aims
To build upon the concepts and techniques learned in IT303.
Logical design concepts expanded by a formal study of
relational theory and normalisation enable students to
understand dewlopments in the field. Implementation and
physical design skills are enhanced by an examination of the
factors affecting performance.
Subject description
Relational theorylnormalisation.
Des~gn methodologies.
Factors affecting performance.
Analysis of transactions and transaction volumes.
Data base sizing.
Physical design.
Maintenance and creation of data bases.
n 9 1~504 Data Communications 1
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10.0 credit points
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No. of hours per week: four hours
A third-year subject of the Bachelor of lnformation
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To introduce the fundamental concepts and components
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understanding of communication protocols and computer
2 networks. To familiarise students with various technologies
used in the electronic office.
Subject description
Historical evolution of computer communications: Standards,
codes. Basic communications theories and terminologies.
Transmission media, signal types, interface standards. The
data link layer. Terminal based networks, Introduction to OSI:
the seven layer mode, comparison of proprietary network
architectures. Public data networks: packet-switched data
networks, circuit switched data networks, ISDN, standards.
Local area networks: topology and access method, LAN
management distributed data processing: pros and cons, the
challenge of distributed data, managing the distributed
resources. Network planning management: internetworking,
performance evaluation, management and security issues
overview of Telecom services: Austpac, Fastpac, Datel, DDS,
Megalink services. Office automation. Current issues in
computer communications: value added networks, B-ISDN,
message handling systems, EDI, EFTPOS.
IT509 Software Engineering 1
10.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
A second-year subject of the Bachelor of lnformation
Technology degree.
Subject aims
To develop an understanding of the basic problems which
are encountered in the development and maintenance of
computer software and the current tools and techniques
which are used by industry to overcome these problems.
This subject complements IT501 Systems and lnformation
Analrjis 1 by concentrating on the latter stage of the
software life cycle, particularly design. Students develop
management and design documentation and experience
working as a member of a software project team.
Subject description
The software life cycle: human factors, planning tasks,
resource allocation, structural design, object-oriented design,
interface design and evaluation, implementation, testing and
maintenance.
IT601 Systems and lnformation Analysis 2
10.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisite: IT501 Systems and lnformation
Analysis 1
A third-year subject of the Bachelor of lnformation
Technology degree.
Subject aims
This unit will build on the technical knowledge gained in
earlier units and provide students with an understanding of
the various ways in which the total corporate computing
environment can be designed to meet corporate information
needs and support corporate goals.
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
understand the way that managers think and work and
the need for computer systems to improve their
effectiveness in decision making;
justify the need for careful analysis, risk assessment and
control procedures suitable for different sy;tems
development approaches;
describe the methodologies in use in organisations and
to determine the correct development approach for
different systems;
understand the need for different approaches to
computer systems development to ensure that corporate
information needs are met and computing productivity is
maximised.
Subject description
Inf6rmation systems theory - information needs of management,
impact of information systems on strategic corporate
plans.
Traditional life cycle development.
Problems with traditional life cycle development.
User driven computing - elimination of the functions of
user and analrjt, user abilities, quality assurance, private
systems; resource requirements - hardware, software and
support structures.
Life cycle variations - methodology and scope, variations in
roles, controls framework.
Management issues - management of maintenance, risk
assessment and control review, security and privacy, human
resource planning, use and misuse of methodologies.
IT603 Data Base Management Systems 3
10.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
An optional third-year subject of the Bachelor of lnformation
Technology degree.
Subject description
This unit completes the study of database management
systems of units DBMS 1 & 2. The topics studied in this unit
are:
database recovery
database integrity
concurrency
database security
distributed databases
special purpose database machines.