DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

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1 INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 201 ENTRY Information for International applicants The Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Level 5 (DipICT) is a nationally recognised full-time, one year programme which offers you stimulating studies and provides a pathway to your professional qualification in the computing industry. Graduates of the DipICT (Level 5) automatically gain credit towards the Bachelor of Computing Systems degree and entry into the second year. This programme provides graduates with a solid grounding in general computing skills for today s competitive environment. STUDY PATHWAYS/JOB OPPORTUNITIES The qualification can provide access to positions in general business requiring a broad knowledge of hardware, software and information systems. Possible jobs and career opportunities include: Help-desk Operator Computer Technician Trainee Programmer Trainee Web Page Developer Successful completion leads to cross-credits to the Bachelor of Computing Systems and entry into the second year of the programme. Qualification Diploma in Information and Communication Technology Programme level Level 5 Length Start dates Study options Fees Total number of credits Class times Individual study hours Location Contact One year 20 February Full-time NZ$ 18, Please see overleaf for additional costs. 12 Classes are scheduled between 8.00am-5.00pm, Monday through to Friday Approximately one hour for each classroom hour Napier Campus Gisborne Campus International Centre Phone: international@eit.ac.nz STUDENT PROFILES Name Bonnie Ng Country China Being far away from home, studying in a new major using a second language is not an easy thing for me. Thankfully, the staff and my faculty are so kind and helpful. They helped me through everything that I have come across. My classmates are so nice that I have made a bunch of lovely friends. The library is one of the things I like most about EIT the computers are all in good condition and well maintained, with a wide range of software and resources that I need for my study." international.eit.ac.nz AUG 201

2 PROGRAMME INFORMATION To complete the DipICT(L5) qualification, a student must pass 18 courses, eight of which are compulsory. The courses offered are as follows: FIRST SEMESTER OF STUDY Course BA500 (Compulsory) BC500 (Compulsory) IP500 (Compulsory) PP490 (Compulsory) PP590 SP500 SP510 SO500 (Compulsory) ET00 (Compulsory) Business Applications Business Communications Interpersonal Skills Programming Concepts and Tools Programming Concepts and Tools Software Applications Software Packages Systems Overview Ethics SECOND SEMESTER OF STUDY Course Pre-requisite DB500 DT500 (Compulsory) HF500 (Compulsory) IN500 NM500 OS500 Database Management Systems (DBMS) Data Organisation Hardware Fundamentals Internet LAN Administration Operating Systems IN00 Web Site Development IN500 OS00 Operating Systems OS500 HS00 Hardware & Skills HF500 STUDY HIGHLIGHTS SUMMARY ASSESSMENTS Assessment procedures will be based on mastery of skills. Each course is internally assessed and for most skills a level of approximately 80% mastery will be required. We value our partnership with students, and aim to provide quality education in a supportive environment, encouraging personal growth and professional development. Fantastic job opportunities The top paying jobs in New Zealand are in the IT sector, meaning computing graduates can expect well paid career opportunities The state-of-the-art Information Technology Complex on our Napier campus includes nine networked computer laboratories with data show equipment in each room, as well as specific labs for software development, hardware and multimedia, and a room for computer study

3 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS LEVEL 500 COURSE BRIEF DESCRIPTION CREDIT VALUE NZQA LEVEL TERM OFFERED BA500 BC500 DB500 DT500 HF500 Business Applications Purpose: To provide students with an understanding of business principles in contemporary New Zealand and introduction to basic accounting. Content: Business organisations and business environment, basic accounting, accounting reports Business Communication Purpose: To provide students with an understanding of common written communication methods in the ICT workplace and provides opportunities to demonstrate written communication skills in appropriate ICT contexts. Content: Characteristics of written communication, effective writing skills, technical writing. Database Management Systems (DBMS) Purpose: To introduce students to data models used by DBMSs, the issues related to the use of DBMSs and to provide them with the ability to perform common database functions. Content: DBMS structures, DBMS issues, database design and implementation. Data Organisation Purpose: To provide students with an understanding of the techniques used to represent data, of fundamental data types and data organisation, and how data is manipulated, stored and accessed in typical data processing systems. Content: Number systems, coding systems, data characteristics, data structures, data organisation. Hardware Fundamentals Purpose: To provide students with the ability to operate and care for personal computer keyboards, screens, printers, and diskettes; an understanding of how computer and peripheral hardware operates; an appreciation for the types of hardware configurations used for various applications; an introduction to data communications. Content: PC skills, CPU and memory, storage devices, I/O devices, data communications, networks, configurations, process control, ergonomics IN500 Internet Purpose: To provide students with an understanding of internet applications resources and practical skills in using internet applications. Content: Internet fundamentals, applications and usage. IP500 NM500 OS500 Interpersonal Skills Purpose: To provide students with an understanding of how the communication process is applied in the ICT workplace and provides opportunities to demonstrate interpersonal communication skills in appropriate cultural contexts. Content: Communication theory, utilisation of communications tools, stress and time management. LAN Administration Purpose: To provide students with the knowledge and skills enabling support of clients in a Local Area Network Environment. Content: Local area networks (LANs), server-based LANs, peer-to-peer LANs, workstation (client) installation, software package installation. Operating Systems Software Purpose: To provide students with a knowledge of operating systems and an ability to perform basic tasks in both a single-user and a multi-user operating system. Content: Introduction to operating systems, single-user operating systems, multi-user operating systems. 5 4

4 LEVEL 500 COURSE BRIEF DESCRIPTION CREDIT VALUE NZQA LEVEL TERM OFFERED PP490 Programme Concepts and Tools Purpose: To introduce students to the process of solving simple programming tasks through logic methods, problem decomposition and translation into a programming language. Content: Problem decomposition and documentation of logic, design of structured logic solutions using sequences, selections and repetition, desk checks, translation of logic solutions into a selected programming language, simple program documentation. 5 1 PP590 Programming Concepts and Tools Purpose: To enable students to design and write solutions to more complex programming problems that involve the use of a variety of logic methods and data sources. Content: Program development cycle; problem decomposition and logic depiction methods; design of logic solutions using sequences, selections and repetitions and a variety of input/output media; desk checks; translate appropriate logic solutions into selected programming language, documentation, testing, languages. 5 2 SO500 Systems Overview Purpose: To enable students to gain an understanding of the purposes of information systems and the processes of systems analysis and design. Content: Systems theory, systems development life cycle, IS organisation, sample information systems. 5 1 SP500 Software Applications Purpose: To provide students with the skills and knowledge in the use of software to carry out tasks at an intermediate level of difficulty. Content: Word processing, spreadsheeting, accounting packages, another package type. SP510 Software Packages Purpose: To provide students with an extension of the skills and knowledge of software packages obtained in SP500 Software Applications. Content: word processing, spreadsheet, file management, accounting, another package type.

5 LEVEL 00 COURSE BRIEF DESCRIPTION CREDIT VALUE NZQA LEVEL TERM OFFERED PC Hardware & Skills HS00 Purpose: To provide students with sufficient skills and knowledge concerning the operation of personal computers to be employed in a junior role installing PCs and supporting PCs users Content: Hardware & software, system configuration, installation and support. Web Site Development IN00 Purpose: To provide students with the skills needed for design and development of World Wide Web and Intranet Sites. Content: Information storage on the WWW, legal issues, web page design, web page construction using html, use of images, introduction to web programming. Operating Systems OS00 Purpose: To provide students with the skills and knowledge to configure and support two operating systems. Content: Use of a wide range of operating system commands and utilities including: formatting, directory management, backup and restore, drive mapping, searchpaths, terminal configuration, user name and password management, automatic menus. Ethics and Professionalism ET00 Purpose: To equip students with the conceptual skills and knowledge that enables them to make ethically sound judgements and decisions according to a chosen set of ethical standards. Content: Ethical behaviour and codes of ethics, legislation, IT issues, making ethical decisions, Treaty of Waitangi. ADDITIONAL COURSES Business Applications BA10 Purpose: To provide students with an understanding of common business principles and their systems applications. This will include knowledge of a number of different application areas from a business perspective. Content: Application areas -describe the purpose, objectives, data requirements and data flow of the following functions: payroll/personnel, purchasing, production/ manufacturing/job costing, inventory control, marketing, sales, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, general ledger/budgeting. Data Communications DC500 Purpose: To provide students with an understanding of the facilities and techniques available for the interconnection of computers and peripherals, concentrating on asynchronous communications. Content: Data communications developments, signal characteristics and communications media, data communications methods, physical interface, modems and modulation.

6 ENTRY CRITERIA ACADEMIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Applicants must meet diploma standard entry requirements. Approved bridging/foundation programmes include the National Certificate in Computing Level 3. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENTRY REQUIREMENT Students are required to have attained an acceptable level of English language fluency. This may be demonstrated in a variety of ways, including successful study in English, approved scores on IELTS (5.5 Academic) with no band score lower than 5.0 or equivalents, or completion of an EIT Hawke s Bay assessment.. FACILITIES In the state-of-the-art Information Technology Complex there are nine networked computer laboratories with 24 student stations in each. The rooms are environmentally controlled, with data show equipment in each room. There are specific labs for software development, hardware, multimedia and a room for computer study. The facility also has a 50-seat tiered lecture theatre. ACADEMIC STAFF Our lecturers are highly trained professionals with particular areas of expertise in information systems. Staff also maintain contact with other professionals through organisations such as the New Zealand Computing Society. We value our partnership with students, and aim to provide quality education in a supportive environment, encouraging personal growth and professional development. NAME Dr David Skelton Dr Lara Giles Owen Giles Kim Hagen-Hall John Jamieson Istvan Lengyel Dr Paul Dechering Prof. Michael Verhaart Dr Kathryn McCallum Dr Emre Erturk Thomas Hartley Robyn Pascoe Michael Fowler Ken York* Tina Blumenthal* Paul Mountcastle* QUALIFICATION DrSciEd, MIS (Hons), (BCS Programme Coordinator) PhD, Dip Tch, Bed, M Ed (1st class Hons) M Appl Stats (Hons), BSc (Maths), Dip Tch B Com (MSIS), LLB B Tech (Info Tech), N Dip IT PgDipSc, (DIPICT Coordinator) PhD, MSc Ass. Professor, PhD, BSc Hons, Dip Tch PhD, BBS (Hons), GradDip E-Bus PhD, MS, BA PhD, ThD BCS, DipBC FCA, MBS BSc, ME BCS PGDipBus, BBS * denotes Tairäwhiti academic staff DISCLAIMER. The programme fees, other costs, entry requirements, duration, and programme start dates are for 201 and are listed as a guide only. All fees shown in the prospectus are in New Zealand dollars and include Goods and Services Tax (GST) at current rates. Programme content is based on current information and may be subject to change. EIT reserves the right to cancel or postpone any programme and shall not be liable for any claim other than that proportion of the programme fee, which the cancelled or postponed portion bears.