Overview

This course develops practical knowledge and skills of the system design, implementation and testing and maintenance phases of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC). Software is constructed to demonstrate understanding of SDLC processes as they relate to layered software systems, that is, systems consisting of presentation, application and data layers.

Details

Level	Undergraduate
Credit Points	6
Student Contribution Band	2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load	0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: COIT11134 and COIT12167

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some courses, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Offerings

Term 1 - 2013 Brisbane Distance Gold Coast Melbourne Rockhampton Sydney

Website

This course has a website, within the Moodle system, which is available two weeks before the start of term. It is important that you visit your Moodle site throughout the term. Go to Moodle

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate course at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12 hours of study per week, making a total of 144 hours for the course.

Class Timetable

• Regional Campuses - [Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Noosa, Rockhampton]
• Metropolitan Campuses - [Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney]
• Melior Campus - see your campus staff

Assessment Overview

Assessment Task	Weighting
1. Practical and Written Assessment	40%
2. Practical and Written Assessment	40%
3. Examination	20%

This is a graded course: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the course of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the course. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Procedures for more details of interim results and final grades.

All University policies are available on the IMPortal.

You may wish to view these policies:

• Assessment of Coursework Procedures
• Grades and Results Procedure
• Review of Grade Policy
• Plagiarism Procedures
• Student Misconduct and Plagiarism Policy
• Monitoring Academic Progress Policy
• Monitoring Academic Progress Procedures
• Refund Excess Payments (Credit Balances) Policy
• Student Complaints Policy
• Use of Internet, E-mail and Computing Facilities Policy

This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the IMPortal.

Evaluation

Term 2 - 2012: The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 3.67 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 22.39% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every course is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback	Source	Recommendation
Assessment	Student feedback	Assignment specifications will be more detailed
Content	Student feedback	Students appreciated both the practicality and relevance of the course content. No change in this regard will be made.
Textbook	Self Reflection	A replacement text has been identified which provides a better coverage of the course content

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks	Learning Outcomes
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1 - Practical and Written Assessment	•	•	•	•
2 - Practical and Written Assessment	•	•	•	•		•
3 - Examination	•				•	•

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

o	Introductory Level
o	Intermediate Level
o	Graduate Level

Graduate Attributes	Learning Outcomes
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Communication		o	o	o
2. Problem Solving	o		o	o		o
3. Critical Thinking	o	o	o	o	o	o
4. Information Literacy	o	o	o	o	o
5. Team Work
6. Information Technology Competence	o	o	o	o		o
7. Cross Cultural Competence
8. Ethical practice

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes

o	Introductory Level
o	Intermediate Level
o	Graduate Level

Assessment Tasks	Graduate Attributes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1 - Practical and Written Assessment	o	o	o	o		o	o	o
2 - Practical and Written Assessment	o	o	o	o		o		o
3 - Examination	o	o	o					o