Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

*ITB404 Business Information Processing
ITF405 Advanced Spreadsheet Skills
ITF408 Word Processing - Complex Operations
ITF411 Accounting Software Packages
ITF415 Commercial Database Packages 1
* Preferred modules
Further information
Contact the Information Studies Department at Prahran
campus on 9214 6765.
2 2 0 9 ~ Certificate ~ ~ ll in Information
Technology: Occupational
Studies
This course may not be offered in 1997. Please contact
the Departmentof Information Studies for details on all
computing courses.
This course is offered at both Hawthorn and Prahran
campuses.
g Course aims
4 The course is designed to provide an accredited framework
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of entry level training within an articulated program
structure which will provide participants with the skills
and knowledge to enter employment and to gain access to
9 further education and training. Within this context, the
course aims to provide participants with the opportunity
# to develop :
skills and knowledge to use a computer for a variety of
=. purposes;
a knowledge of how computers are used for simple
4' communication purposes and the ability to establish
D effective, simple communication networks;
: knowledge of how computers are used to control
industrial processes and the ability to use and test some
control svste~ns;
knowledge of how computers are used for information
systems and the ability to store and retrieve
information using such systems;
knowledge of and use of various application software
packages;
knowledge of and ability to use value added
information services.
Course duration
The course consists of nineteen modules. Each module
requires twenty hours of class attendance. The course will
be offered full-time only at Hawthorn campus. The
minimum completion time for full-time study is one year.
Entry requirements
Students are eligible to enter this course of study if they
have satisfactorily completed an approved course at Year
11 level or an approved equivalent. The course is not
designed for school leavers. Applicants should have at least
one year of appropriate industrial experience before
undertaking the course. However, applicants who do not
have the required industrial experience could still be
eligible . . if they have current employment in an appropriate
Course structure
Compulsory Modules
ITF2Ol Word Processing Fundamentals
ITF205 Database Fundamentals
ITF207 Spreadsheet Fundamentals
ITG201 Using Computer Networks
ITH202 Using a Graphical Interface
ITH203 Using a Command Line Interface
ITL205 The Information Technology Industry
ITL201 Keyboarding
NCSOOl Workplace Communication
NCS002 Writing Skills for Work
NCS003 Job Seeking Skills
Numeracy and Problem Solving Module
Elective Modules
The optional modules are to be chosen from:
*ITL206 Impact of Personal Computers
*ITL207 Society and the Future - Information Technology
*ITL303 Workplace Health and Safety
*ITB301 The Business Environment
*ITC301 Computer System Basics
ITC302 Microcomputer Hardware
ITF306 Business and Presentation Graphics
*ITF309 Introduction to Desktop Publishing
and/or Modulesfiorn National Mathematics Modules Lewl(2) or (3).
* Prefered Modules
Further information
Contact the Information Studies Department at Prahran on
9214 6765 or Hawthorn on 9214 5206.
2204AIC Certificate II in Records
Management
See 2504ADC Diploma of Information Technology
Fecords Management) for information on this course.
Other courses
2200~~0 Foundation Year
The Foundation Year is an academic program which
is designed to meet the needs of overseas students
who require a one-year bridging program before entering
studies for degrees in business, computer science, applied
science, engineering or arts. Satisfactory completion of
the Foundation Year guarantees entry into a Swinburne
degree course. Three streams are offered in the Foundation
Year - an Arts stream, a Business stream and a Science
and Engineering stream.
The business stream includes the following subjects:
English
Mathematics
Accounting
Legal Studies
Economics
English as a second language
This subject is common to all three Foundation Year
courses and is designed to cater for the specific language