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Hobart, Launceston

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Unit name ICT Industry Placement
Unit code KIT511
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Sciences and Engineering
School of Information and Communication Technology
Discipline Information & Communication Technology
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Availability

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Learning Outcomes

Students will have the opportunity to further develop as ICT professionals with the abilities and skills to:
1. Select and effectively apply processes, methodologies, tools, and techniques to analyse, model, develop, source, integrate or manage ICT products and services;
2. Explain and adapt appropriate ICT to support business processes and decision making to help an organisation achieve its objectives;
3. Apply abstraction and critical thinking to a problem, identify and define the ICT requirements, apply knowledge of advanced ICT principles and technical skills to develop and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of potential solutions.

Students should further develop attitudes needed by an ICT professional to:
4. Be an effective team member and take initiative and work independently;
5. Communicate effectively at a professional level;
6. Adhere to codes of professional conduct and ethical practice and act in accordance with best practice and industry standards.

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

Must have passed at least 8 ICT postgraduate units and have CR or above results in a minimum of 4 units.

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

KIT211

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

Flexible, the equivalent of a 12 days full time placement, which can be taken part time, plus the additional time involved to complete the assessment items.
There will be online learning modules related to the assessment items.

Assessment

100% in-semester (30% Performance Evaluation, 30% Placement Output, 40% Written Reports)

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