This Course is archived with an end date of 21/05/2024

Overview

The Diploma of Information Technology is designed to provide students with a broad introduction to information technology in a supportive, student-centred learning environment. It will prepare students for further study or for entry-level employment in the informational technology sector. Students will explore a broad range of information technology areas including… For more content click the Read More button below.

Contacts

Academic Chair

Admission requirements

Entry requirements (onshore)

Entry requirements (transnational)

English language requirements

Additional progression requirements / restrictions

Learning outcomes

1.

The fundamentals of computer systems and how they underpin the IT infrastructures supporting enterprise processes;

2.

A computer systems functional components, their characteristics, performance, and interactions and be able to use them in information technology;

3.

The use of the mathematical computer package MATLAB to perform basic mathematical procedures and to solve problems in the general area of discrete mathematics;

4.

Planning, developing and managing personal career aspirations and goals and using tools to effectively showcase capabilities;

5.

The various oral and written skills necessary to communicate effectively in English in an academic and workplace context;

6.

The basic concepts of constructing an algorithmic solution to a problem and implementing this in a programming language to facilitate execution on a computer;

7.

The information systems discipline and the role of information systems in contemporary life, as well as how information systems are organised, designed and built;

8.

Operating systems and servers, and their philosophical differences sufficient to make choices and recommendations;

9.

The types and characteristics of server based infrastructure and applications and how they can be effectively deployed and managed;

10.

Information, technological and numerical literacy in the context of academic study and professional practice.