School of Computing prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

Content / Syllabus Theory: Information Technology in the Organization, Information
Technology concepts and management, Organizational Applications/
Uses of Information Systems, Strategic use of Information Technology in
Digital Economy, Transaction Processing, Functional Applications, CRM, and
Integration, Enterprise systems : from supply chains to ERP to CRM, Using
Information Technology for Strategic Advantage, Acquiring IT Applications
and Infrastructure, Implementing and managing Information technology,
Managing Information’s resources and security.
Entry Rules Admission criteria
Assessment
and progression
rules
Exclusion from
module
Operating Systems IV
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of the
examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA)
+ 40%(EA). To qualify for course credit students must obtain an overall
assessment of 50%.
A student will be excluded from the course after failing the module twice. A
student excluded from a course may be re-admitted after presenting a similar
course from another university for credit.
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester
OPES 4/0 Operating Systems IV 7 12 1
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
Number of
weeks
3 x 45 min 4 x 45 min 1 x 45 min 15 120
Notional
hours
Content / Syllabus Theory: Operating Systems Structures; Characteristics of Modern Distributed
Systems; System models; Process Management (processes, threads,
CPU scheduling, synchronization, and deadlock), Memory Management
(segmentation, paging, swapping), file systems, and operating system support
for distributed systems. Unix/linux will be used as a case study to illustrate the
underlying operating systems principles and shell scripting.
Entry Rules Admission criteria
Project IV
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of
the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 60%. OA = 60%(EA)
+ 40%(CA). To qualify for course credit students must obtain an overall
assessment of 50%.
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Year
PROJ 4/0 Project IV 7 24 1
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
Number
of weeks
3x45 min none 1 x 45 min 30 240
Notional
hours
Content / Syllabus Theory: Conducting research and writing deliverables or a dissertation.
Entry Rules Admission criteria: National Diploma (IT) in Information
Technology
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