Overview

This is a project-based unit in which students work individually, or in teams if the project is a large industry project, to provide students with the skills to generate an ICT solution to solve one or more industry challenges specifically designed and oriented towards computing technologies. Having an overall focus on computing technology innovation, students will be focusing on the research and development stages of a year-long project, this being the first part. Students will be able to select a project from a range of industry-oriented projects aligned to their chosen ICT major. Teams of students will have a staff member as a ‘facilitator’ to guide their learning whilst working on their projects.

Requisites

Prerequisites
ICT30017 ICT Project A

Rule

125 credit points

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Teaching Period 2
Location
Online
Start and end dates
07-July-2025
05-October-2025
Last self-enrolment date
20-July-2025
Census date
01-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
22-August-2025
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Review literature and investigate topic areas relating to ICT
  • Justify and manage risks in the project planning and execution phases of ICT projects
  • Apply research methods and skills to complete a research report
  • Investigate the importance of research and data ethics
  • Synthesise work related to the ICT projects relevant to the student's major
  • Communicate within teams and stakeholders using appropriate verbal, written and technological approaches

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Seminar
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Workshop
2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioIndividual/Group 100% 1,2,3,4,5,6 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) achieve an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and(ii) complete the project to an acceptable standard. A rubric will be used to determine if students have met the acceptable standard. The rubric is available on Canvas.Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii), will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Literature Review in technologies in ICT area related to students major
  • Risk Analysis and Management in ICT projects
  • Research Methods in ICT
  • Research Ethics in ICT
  • Technical skills relevant to students major

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.