Systems Analysis and Modelling G (6677.5)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| School Of Information Systems & Accounting | Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, student should be able to:1. Critically analyse IT-supported complex business processes and hence derive advanced system models appropriately;
2. Use advanced abstraction techniques as a modelling device;
3. Use international standard systems description paradigms and languages;
4. Assess the role of analysis within various systems development life cycles;
5. Evaluate the role of complex systems models in the synthesis of systems; and
6. Apply advanced tools for managing complex analysis processes.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Corequisites
None.Assumed knowledge
6675 Information Systems in Organisations G AND 6672 Database Design G OR equivalent.Required texts
The recommended textbook is:
Satzinger, J, Jackson, J & Burd, SD 2016, Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing Work, 7th edn, Cengage Learning.
Submission of assessment items
Special assessment requirements
In order to pass this unit, a student must complete every assessment item (including presentations), and achieve a mark of 50% or greater for the assignment, and 50% or greater for the examination. Higher grades will be awarded on the basis of total mark being ≥ 65 for a credit, ≥ 75 for a distinction and ≥ 85 for a high distinction. Some scaling of marks and academic judgement may be applied to determine students' final grades – in this process no student will be disadvantaged.
If you are at risk of failing the unit, appropriate moderation procedures will be used.
Students should keep a copy of all assessment items that are submitted at least until unit grades have been published at the end of semester.
If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the Unit Convener about the matter.
All work quoted from any source should be appropriately referenced using the "Harvard author-date" referencing style. This style is described in detail (including electronic sources) in the relevant Reference Guide which is available at http://canberra.libguides.com/referencing. Any work that has not been appropriately referenced, or has not made a reasonable attempt to follow the "Harvard author-date" referencing style will be returned unmarked for resubmission. In such cases, the maximum mark that will be attainable will be 60% of the marks allocated to that assessment item.
Supplementary assessment
To be eligible for supplementary assessment in this unit, you must:
• be enrolled in your final semester of study; and
• have failed this unit, with a final mark between 45-49%; and
• have passed all other units undertaken in this semester.
Also, this unit must be the final unit required to complete the academic requirements of your course.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Learner engagement
Students may use the following as a guide to help them plan their studies for this unit:
Lectures: 1 hour per week, 12 weeks 12 hrs
Tutorials: 2 hours per week, 11 weeks 22 hrs
Tutorial preparation: 2 hours per week, 11 weeks 22 hrs
Assignment preparation:
Part 1 15 hrs
Part 2 22 hrs
Part 3 22 hrs
Exam preparation: 32 hrs
Exam attendance: 3 hrs
Total 150 hrs
Participation requirements
Students are expected to be present during lectures and tutorials. It is compulsory to be present during student presentation sessions. If students have not previously notified (at least a week earlier) the lecturer/tutor of their intended absence, and emailed their presentation slides and notes for that assessment item to the lecturer/tutor, the student will receive zero marks for that presentation/assessment item. Illness and work commitments may not be acceptable reasons for non-attendance during student presentation sessions.
Announcements will be made throughout the semester, typically to clarify requirements for the assignment. Any such announcements will be made using your student email account and/or published on the unit website. Such announcements are deemed, within two working days, to be made to the whole group. Announcements made in lectures or in an organised session are deemed to be made to the whole group.
Required IT skills
You are expected to be a competent computer user and familiar with word processing, presentation software, and workflow and document management software. It is also expected that you will teach yourself how to use software packages by working through the exercises in the software's tutorials and/or studying examples supplied with the software. All assignments are expected to be submitted electronically using the Moodle website and in Microsoft Office compliant format or PDF; unless specifically stated otherwise.
Work placement, internships or practicums
The unit requires students to research on a mini-case for the semester-long assignment and to use commercially available software and practices in assignments. Where relevant and practical, management practices in this unit are related to Australian legislation and standards.
Additional information
Sources of other information will be announced in lectures and/or on the unit website.
Feedback on progress may be provided to students in any of several ways, such as:
• Through comments to the class during contact sessions;
• Through the unit website;
• In written form on your assignments;
• During your seminar presentations;
• By peers;
• By email; and
• In individual consultation.
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