Course Guide - Edith Cowan University

CSI5211
20 Credit Points
Information Security Standards and Practice
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit looks at the use of information security standards and
relevant standards in associated disciplines. These standards are
researched and critically analysed. Their relationship to
information security policy, legislation and best practice will be
explored. On completion of this unit the student should have a
firm grasp of the existing standards and their potential use in the
corporate IT environment.
CSI5251
20 Credit Points
Project 1
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisites :
CSI5150 Project Preparation , or
CSG5141 Research Proposal
This unit is undertaken by students who have previously
undertaken a research proposal unit (CSG5141) or a project
preparation unit (CSI5150). In this unit the student is supervised
by a staff member who is allocated as their supervisor. For
administrative reasons such students are enrolled under this single
unit code. In this unit, students begin the implementation of an
independent software project or research project, under the
supervision of a staff member.
CSI5252
20 Credit Points
Project 2
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisites :
CSI5150 Project Preparation , or
CSG5141 Research Proposal
This unit is undertaken by students who have previously
undertaken a research proposal unit (CSG5141) or a project
preparation unit (CSI5150). In this unit the student is supervised
by a staff member who is allocated as their supervisor. For
administrative reasons such students are enrolled under this single
unit code. In this unit, students complete the implementation of an
independent software project or research project, under the
supervision of a staff member.
CSI5309
20 Credit Points
Information and Network Centric Operations
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisites :
CSI4104 Information Security and
CSI4110 Introduction to Information Warfare or equivalent
experience
This unit examines advanced concepts of information as a
resource of value. Using the concept of information superiority as
a basis, the unit covers the nature of information, its use as a
weapon and as targeted commodity within an organisation. It
covers the theory and practice of information warfare from the
perspective of network centric and effects-based concepts.
CSI5318
20 Credit Points
Wireless and Mobile Computing Security
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisites :
CSI4102 Computer Security and
CSI4207 Network Security Fundamentals
This unit is an introduction to wireless and mobile computing
security. The unit will focus on securing wireless services, mobile
devices including computer laptops, handheld computers,
Personal Digital Assistants, portable flash memory devices.
Students will be exposed to a wide range of techniques, tools and
policy to protect a wireless or mobile computing environment.
CSI5319
20 Credit Points
Computer Forensics
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisites :
CSI4102 Computer Security
CSI4207 Network Security Fundamentals
This unit is an introduction to many of the tools and techniques
used in computer forensics. Computer evidence is often not
accessible by usual access methods, so specialized software tools
and techniques must be employed to recover this. Modern
computer forensics involves the preservation, identification and
analysis of computer based evidence stored in the form of
magnetically encoded information on various devices and media.
CSI5322
20 Credit Points
Programming for Distributed Systems
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisites :
CSI5121 Administration and Programming in Linux
CSI5117 Principles of Distributed Systems
This unit is designed to articulate the theory of distributed systems
that students learnt in CSI5117 Principles of Distributed Systems.
Students engage in distributed application development using
tools, such as Java application programming interfaces (APIs),
remote method invocation (RMI), and the CORBA platform.
Some advanced distributed computing paradigms are analysed to
compliment the practical activities. All practical work in
completed in the Linux environment.
CSI5502
20 Credit Points
Architectures of Distributed Systems
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit is focused on the overview of the architectures of some
commonly used distributed systems. The subsequent implications
of these architectures on software engineering processes and
methodologies are also discussed.
CSI6115
20 Credit Points
Information Technology Research Preparation 1
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
The background research and proposal for Information
Technology research of a high level of complexity and quality.
CSI6216
20 Credit Points
Information Technology Research Preparation 2
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
The background research and proposal for Information
Technology research of a high level of complexity and quality.
CSI6217
20 Credit Points
Information Technology Research Preparation 3
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
The background research and proposal for Information
Technology research of a high level of complexity and quality.
CSI7200
0 Credit Points
Doctor of Information Technology Thesis
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Students in this unit are expected to develop and implement their
research project, collect and analyse the data, verify and validate
their strategies/techniques and write up their thesis. The research
work should possess a high level of originality, representing a
significant contribution to the IT profession.
CSP220R
15 Credit Points
Data Structures
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit focuses on data abstraction and the realisation of abstract
data types as re-usable and generic modules using Java as the
vehicular programming language. Basic algorithmic analysis is
also introduced.
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