31489 Industry Study 1
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Grade and marksRequisite(s): 24 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10143 Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op)
Description
In this workplace subject, students apply their academic knowledge and skills to a work project. The project is chosen in consultation with the student's industry and academic mentors and is intended to deepen the student's knowledge and showcase their intellectual skills. Most projects involve some element of novelty and require the student to select an appropriate method of investigation, design, development or problem solving. When this is done well the result is rigorous, often innovative, and provides a result that everyone can see is appropriate.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | Integrate theoretical knowledge of their chosen topic of study within a real-world context (Industry practice) |
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| 2. | Exercise critical thinking and judgement to identify a workplace problem or issue to address. |
| 3. | Exercise cognitive and technical skills to propose a feasible method to investigate, design, develop or implement a solution for the workplace problem. |
| 4. | Exercise initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making to address the workplace problem or issue. |
| 5. | Apply cognitive skills to analyse the outcomes of applying the solution, form conclusions and provide recommendations. |
| 6. | Exercise communication skills to present a clear, coherent report of the project. |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):
- Socially Responsible: FEIT graduates identify, engage, interpret and analyse stakeholder needs and cultural perspectives, establish priorities and goals, and identify constraints, uncertainties and risks (social, ethical, cultural, legislative, environmental, economics etc.) to define the system requirements. (B.1)
- Design Oriented: FEIT graduates apply problem solving, design and decision-making methodologies to develop components, systems and processes to meet specified requirements. (C.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
This is a self-directed project. Although students are expected to undertake this project by themselves, they are guided through their project by both their industry mentor and their academic mentor.
Content (topics)
The study topic should be chosen in consultation with the student’s Project Manager and the University mentor. In general topics chosen that are of value to the sponsor should be chosen, but the student is free to chose any IT topic as long as both the Project Manager and the University mentor agree. Students should be aware of any commercially sensitive material that they may have access to or discover.
Topics can be drawn from: business benefits of IT, business processes, information system design methods, information system usability, or particular technologies used during their industry session.
The actual project will be determined by the work/projects available and the information technology environment at a particular site.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Research background: Research problem
| Intent: | Students identify a problem to be investigated, a problem to be solved, something to be designed or something to be developed, and then develop a proposal for the investigation, design or development. An essential element of the problem is that it must involve some unknown or novel elements. |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 2 and 3 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): B.1 and C.1 |
| Type: | Project |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 20% |
| Length: | Approximately 2-3 A4 pages (1000-1500 Words) excluding references and appendix. |
| Criteria: | The problem and its context are clearly described. The significance of the problem to the organization is clearly described. A feasible method to achieve achieve an outcome is clearly described. The expected benefits of the outcome are clearly described. |
Assessment task 2: Final report: Research problem investigation and results
| Intent: | Students perform their proposed investigation or design or develop their proposed solution to problem with due attention to rigour and validity. |
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| Objective(s): | This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs): 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs): B.1 and C.1 |
| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 80% |
| Length: | Approximately 10-12 A4 pages (5000-6000 Words) excluding references and appendix. |
| Criteria: | Review of existing knowledge of the problem and potential solutions. Implementation of proposed and described method. Outcomes are analysed to produce findings that are then synthesized to form conclusions. Conclusions and recommendations are described. |
Minimum requirements
In order to pass the subject, a student must achieve an overall mark of 50% or more.
Required texts
There are no specific texts for this subject. Please see the information in references.
References
Students are expected to use different sources of information and prepare their professional report. Information related to the study topic may be drawn from, Industry based case studies, white papers, Journals and conference proceedings. However, all relevant information must be referenced.
Students can use a variety of databases (e.g. ACM Digital Library, IEEE Explorer, Scopus, Web of Science, Wiley, Science Direct) searching and selecting resources (e.g. Journal, conference papers, books and internet documents...) for preparing their report. You can access these databases via UTS Library. You can use the following articles as examples and guide for your industry study report.
Kitchenham, B. 2007. Guidelines for performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering. EBSE
Technical Report.
http://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/525444systematicreviewsguide.pdf.
Dyba, T., & Dingsøyr, T. 2008. Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review. Information and Software Technology 50, pp. 833–59
Myers, H.D. 2015. Qualitative Research in Information Systems.
http://www.qual.auckland.ac.nz/
Other resources
Additional relevant information on this subject can be found on UTSOnline.