Unit descriptions for Diploma of Computing & Information Technology

CSG1105 Applied Communications
An introduction to current and proposed telecommunications and networking infrastructures and their application in convergence technologies such as the World Wide Web. With a primary focus on the internet, students examine in detail the principles, processes and technologies associated with telecommunication and computer networking, applications of the major carriage media, communications protocols and standards, emerging broadcast and narrowcast technologies based on digital transmission systems.

CSG1132 Communicating in an IT Environment
This unit will introduce students to basic information and communications skills such as navigation in the information environment, the identification of information sources appropriate to computer and information science, essential information retrieval skills and techniques for written, oral and visual communication in educational and technical settings.

CSG1206 Computer Fundamentals
Part 1. an introduction to computer systems, including: machine number systems, arithmetic and logic unit, machine code instructions, input/output techniques and devices, memory devices.
Part 2: a study of logic and logic circuits, Boolean algebra, recursion and analysis of algorithms, patterns of proof and combinatorial reasoning.

CSG2343 Operating Systems. (Prerequisite ENS1161 Computer Fundamentals)
The role of operating systems; multiprogramming; timesharing; multiprocessing; file, device, memory, resource and processor management; protection and security; an overview of historical operating systems. Consideration of workgroups as an operating environment.

CSP1150 Programming Principles - JAVA
This unit will provide an introduction to the principles of programming, program design and development, data types, classes, objects and methods, event driven programming, graphical user interface development and applications.

CSI1241 Systems Analysis
Understanding of the components of systems analysis: definition of a system, the role of management, interfacing with the user, the life cycle of a management information system from the feasibility study through to the post-implementation audit; studying the present system including sources of information, fact gathering, interviewing, documenting the existing system; analysis techniques involving data from diagrams, data dictionaries, decision tables; report design.

CSP1244 Visual Programming (Prerequisite CSP1244 Programming Principles )
An introduction to Visual Programming in the Windows environment using Visual Basic. This unit also introduces event driven programming in an object based environment as well as the conventions of the Windows Graphical User-Interface.

CSI1207 Systems and Database Design Prerequisite (CSI1241 Systems Analysis)
Data analysis, Entity relationship models and Normalisation, Database adminstration, Database Security, file structures and indexing with respect to Relational Databases. Introduction to the SQL language, Introduction to Object Oriented Database models (OODBMS and ORDBMS).

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