This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully undertake information systems analysis. Lectures and tutorials provide coverage of the concepts, skills, methodologies, techniques, tools and perspectives considered essential for systems analysts working with modern information systems and their development.

By the end of this course, you are expected to have attained a knowledge of or proficiency in the following areas:

• Basic systems theory and the context within which information systems analysis is carried out;
• Eliciting information system requirements;
• Constructing process, logic and data models using traditional modelling techniques;
• Basic object-oriented modelling using UML; and
• “Soft” aspects and techniques in systems analysis.

The course assessment comprises two parts:

• Tutorial work 40%
• Final Examination 60%

To pass automatically you need to achieve:  50% or more as an aggregate mark for the assessment as a whole; and at least 40% for your tutorial work and in the examination

Students taking this course are expected to commit at least 10 hours per week to completing the work. This will include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average (including non-teaching weeks) on course reading, research, writing and assignment work.

INFS1001 Business Information Systems or COMP1100 Introduction to Programming and Algorithms or COMP2720 Automating Tools for New Media.

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