Complete thesis - Murdoch University

overview of informatics, especially with respect to the modelling and the designof informatics applicationsCA Conceptualisation and Abstraction aiming at developing a thorough understandingof and well-developed skills in informatics as a broad discipline, theessence being to further develop the capability of students to abstract and toconceptualise.The curriculum specification for all categories of informatics-major I-Workers allows for 21credit points in the theme of Information Modelling, 20 credit points for System Design andand 32 credit points in the theme of Personal and Interpersonal Skills, from a total of 300credit points.INCOSE‘99In 1998, the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) convened an EducationalMeasurements Working Group (EMWG) to look at measuring the academic educationcapabilities of various universities. At the first meeting, the EMWG identified one problemthat exacerbated the measuring of academic curriculum. That problem was the lack of acompetency profile as an occupancy standard.The EMWG developed a Systems Engineering Competency Profile to serve as a guide to theminimum level of competency that graduating students should achieve prior to entering thework force, and at other stages of their career, based on defined engineering levels:I Systems Engineering Practitioner (Bachelor’s Degree)II Fully Qualified Systems EngineerIII Senior Systems Engineer (Master’s Degree)IV Certified Systems Engineer.Proficiency levels (again modified Bloom et al (1956)) were used to determine a desiredindustry proficiency level for each sub-topic of the skill set:0. no competency required1. basic knowledge, recalling of specific bits of information2. comprehension of the subject matter but without application3. applying the information in new situations94