School Of Computing, Engineering And MathematicsInformation Systems in Context (UWSC)Western Sydney University Unit Code: 700000.2
Discipline: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
300573 - Information Systems in Context
Incompatible Units
200128 - Introduction to Information Systems
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled at UWSCollege.
About this Unit
This unit aims to give students the ability to recognise and expound about business information systems with regard to type, function, and purpose, and the frameworks within which these systems are used. Topics in this unit include computing fundamentals; computer hardware and software; computers and society; use of business application packages – spreadsheets, word processing, database, graphics; organisational information systems; information systems development and acquisition; data and knowledge management; electronic commerce, internets, extranets; networking; enterprise-wide information systems; the internet and information systems security; privacy, ethics and computer crime. A major theme of this unit is in developing an understanding of the importance of the use of information for decision making in organisations.