MIS202 - Managing Data and Information

Unit details

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Previously coded as:MSC217
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Emilia Bellucci
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: MSC703
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour on-campus (livestreamed) lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus practical experience (laboratory) each week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour recorded lecture provided and 1 x 1 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

The capability to manage data and information is fundamental to any organisation. An information systems graduate should have a good knowledge of the techniques used and be able to identify which of the currently used approaches is appropriate in a given set of circumstances in a particular context. The unit uses familiar applications (eg Facebook, iTunes, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Google) to open up an investigation of different approaches to data storage and access using principles of information management. The systems are presented in the wider social context, and security and risk issues that arise from their use will be debated. Students will perform basic Structured Query Language (SQL) queries and develop the ability to critically analyse an organisation’s information needs to allow the informed selection of an information management approach.

Learning Outcomes

ULO These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)

ULO1

Explain the social and regulatory context in which the management of data and information takes place.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Compare and contrast the current technical approaches to the management of data and information.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO3

Analyse an organisation’s data needs to derive an appropriate relational model and SQL queries.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Assess changes in technology and their impact on data and information management.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Analytical) 500 words 10% Week 7
Assessment 2: (Individual) Report (Business) 1500 words 40% Week 7

End-of-unit assessment task: Written

2 hours 50% End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for MIS202 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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