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BCOM HONS (INFORMATICS) (07240172)
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
2014: Program1
Table of Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................. 2
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2014 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS ................................................................................ 3
First semester 2014 ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Second semester 2014 .................................................................................................................................. 3
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2014 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS ................................................................................. 3
DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2014 ................................................................................................ 5
DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2014 ........................................................................................... 6
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2014 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES ...................................................................... 7
First semester 2014 ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Second semester 2014 .................................................................................................................................. 7
SYLLABI .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
YEARBOOK 2014 ............................................................................................................................................ 9
E-MAIL ADDRESS POLICY ............................................................................................................................. 10
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WEB ADDRESSES ................................................................................... 11
International students should consult UP’s website for additional information: ...................................... 11
PLAGIARISM ................................................................................................................................................ 12
How to avoid plagiarism: ............................................................................................................................ 12
You may use material written by other people, but then the thing to do is to cite the material: ............. 12
Harvard Style: .............................................................................................................................................. 13
Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for students .................................................................................................. 13
What is plagiarism? 13
HARVARD REFERENCING, based on and adapted from: ............................................................................. 14
1 Subject to change.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
1. In total there are eight two hour contact sessions with lecturers (16 hours class contact). Class
attendance is compulsory.
2. During the first semester students have classes on eight Fridays from 08:00 to 17:15. During the second
semester classes are presented on eight Fridays from 08:00 to 19:30; in addition, the schedule for
KUB780 is available from Mercantile Law.
3. Part-time (working) students need to take only 8 Friday afternoons leave per semester to attend classes
(13:00-17:30) - the allocation of courses either for the first or second semester will not change from year
to year, but the allocation to Friday mornings and afternoons rotates as far as possible annually.
4. INF714 (Research methodology) is a prerequisite (50% must be attained) for INF780 (Research paper).
Both courses are compulsory.
5. Registration: Online only, from the 7th of January 2014
6. Classes start on 07 February 2014
7. Enquiries: Mrs Rhona van der Merwe ([email protected] or 012 420-6321).
8. More information regarding courses can be found on the following websites:
Informatics.up.ac.za/masters
Informatics.up.ac.za/doctoral
Informatics.up.ac.za/hons
Informatics.up.ac.za/postgrad
9. Each course carries 15 credits, with the exception being the research paper which carries 30 credits.
Overall a minimum of 120 course credits must be obtained.
10. At least five courses must be taken from this Department of Informatics. The remaining two courses
may be taken in other departments (e.g. the departments of the School of Information Technology or
the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences). OBS784 may not be presented for degree
purposes.
11. Pre-requisite for admission to the degree is an average of at least 60% for Informatics on third year level
or 60% for equivalent IT courses, as deemed applicable by the Department of Informatics. IT industry
experience may also be taken into account: a written application to Mrs Rhona van der Merwe
([email protected]) including a resume stating all details of such experience is required for
evaluation.
12. A student with an IT degree other than BCom (e.g. BSc(IT), BIS, BSc(IS)), who meets the requirement of
60% average for his/her IT majors, will be accepted for the BCom Honours (Informatics) degree.
However, he/she has to enrol for and pass the first year, first semester courses in Accounting (FRK111),
Business Management (OBS110), Economics (EKN110) and Statistics (STK110), if these subjects were not
part of the bachelor's degree. It is a requirement of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
that students who register in this Faculty should have a basic academic background in these subjects.
These additional courses may be done concurrently with the honours courses in Informatics. Summer
schools are available in Accounting and Economics. Equivalent courses may also be done through Unisa.
All BCom(Hons), MCom and DCom degrees will only be awarded if students are in possession of credits
for the above-mentioned basic subjects. Students must still complete their degrees in the maximum
time allowed and will not be given extra time to complete the basic subjects.
13. Please note that your semester mark may not be lower than 40% for you to be admitted to the exam.
There is also a sub-minimum of 40% on the exam mark in order to pass. Your final mark should be at
least 50% in order to pass the course. No supplementary exams or aegrotats will be granted.
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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2014 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS
First semester 2014
INF713 E-Commerce Prof I Strydom
Dr J van Loggerenberg
0124204276
0124203013
INF714 Research methodology
(compulsory)
Prof C de Villiers
Prof N Bidwell
Prof A vd Merwe
0124203085
0124203709
0124203798
INF787 Managing end-users and
projects
Prof A Leonard
Dr R Naidoo
0124203375
0124203351
INF788 IS Development Dr R Naidoo [email protected] 0124203351
Mr P van Deventer [email protected] 0124205219
Second semester 2014
INF715 Enterprise architecture Mr P van Deventer
Prof N Kruger
0124205219
0124205322
INF716 IT Service Management Prof A Leonard [email protected] 0124203375
Prof I Strydom [email protected] 0124204276
INF785 Advanced Database
Systems
Mr J Pretorius
Dr H Twinomurinzi
0124204189
0124205422
INF780 Project
(Compulsory) Prof C de Villiers [email protected] 0124203085
INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) Prof N Bidwell [email protected] 0124203709
Prof H Gelderblom [email protected] 0124203798
Dr M Matthee [email protected] 0124203365
INF791 Knowledge acquisition
and sharing
Dr Nixon Ochara
Dr H Twinomurinzi
[email protected] 0124203373
[email protected] 0124205422
KUB780 IT Law To be organized by Mercantile Law
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2014 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS
Handbooks will be announced on ClickUP.
Subject Prescribed/Recommended ISBN Title Authors
INF713 Prescribed 9780273752011 E-Business and E-
Commerce
Management
Chaffey Dave
INF714 Prescribed 9781412902243 Researching
Information
Systems and
Computing
Oates, Briony J
Recommended 9780205457939 Social Research
Methods:
Quantitative and
Qualitative
Approaches
Neuman W Lawrence
Recommended 9780958500715 Constructing a Good Hofstee, Erik
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Dissertation: A
Practical Guide to
finishing a Masters,
MBA or PhD on
Schedule
Recommended 9781849200158 Theory and
Methods in Social
Research
Lewin, Cathy; Somekh
Bridget
INF785 Prescribed 9780470462072 Data Warehousing
Fundamentals for IT
Professionals : A
Comprehensive
Guide for IT
PRofessionals
Ponniah, Paulraj
Recommended 9780471255475 The Data
Warehouse
Lifecycle Toolkit:
Tools and
Techniques for
Designing,
Developing and
Deploying Data
Marts and Data
Warehouses
Kimball,Ralph; Reeves,
Laura; Ross Margy;
Thornthwaite Warren
INF787 Prescribed 9781133627227 Managing
Information
Technology Projects
Schwalbe, Kathy
INF788 Prescribed 9780077114176 Information
Systems
Development:
Methodologies,
Techniques and
Tools
Avison, David; Fritzgerald, G
Recommended
(ERP Part of the course
only)
9780557434077 Modern ERP: Select,
Implement & Use
Today’s Advanced
Business Systems.
(Second Edition)
Bradford Marianne
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DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2014
DATES 2014
FIRST SEMESTER
COURSE
CODE
COURSE NAME VENUE
MEETING 1
Fr 7 Febr 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 7 Febr 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 7 Febr 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fri 7 Febr 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
MEETING 2
Fr 21 Feb 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 21 Feb 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 21 Feb 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fr 21 Feb 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
MEETING 3
Fr 7 Mar 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 7 Mar 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 7 Mar 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fr 7 Mar 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
MEETING 4
Fr 11 Apr 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 11 Apr 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 11 Apr 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fr 11 Apr 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
MEETING 5
Fr 25 Apr 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 25 Apr 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 25 Apr 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fr 25 Apr 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
MEETING 6
Fr 9 May 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 9 May 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 9 May 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fr 9 May 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
MEETING 7
Fr 23 May 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 23 May 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 23 May 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fr 23 May 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
MEETING 8
Fr 6 June 08:00-10:00 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 6 June 10:15-12:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27
Fr 6 June 13:00-15:00 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
Fr 6 June 15:15-17:15 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
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DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2014
DATES 2014
SECOND SEMESTER
COURSE
CODE COURSE NAME VENUE
MEETING 1
Fr 25 Jul 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 25 Jul 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
Fr 25 Jul 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 25 Jul 15:15-17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 25 Jul 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing IT Building 2-27
MEETING 2
Fr 1 Aug 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Aug 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Aug 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Aug 15:15 -17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Aug 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing
MEETING 3
Fr 15 Aug 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 15 Aug 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
Fr 15 Aug 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 15 Aug 15:15-17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 15 Aug 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing IT Building 2-27
MEETING 4
Fr 29 Aug 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 29 Aug 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
Fr 29 Aug 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 29 Aug 15:15-17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 29 Aug 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing IT Building 2-27
MEETING 5
Fr 5 Sept 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 5 Sept 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
Fr 5 Sept 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 5 Sept 15:15-17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 5 Sept 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing IT Building 2-27
MEETING 6
Fr 19 Sept 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 19 Sept 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
Fr 19 Sept 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 19 Sept 15:15-17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 19 Sept 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing IT Building 2-27
MEETING 7
Fr 3 Oct 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 3 Oct 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
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Fr 3 Oct 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 3 Oct 15:15-17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 3 Oct 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing IT Building 2-27
MEETING 8
Fr 17 Oct 08:00-10:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 17Oct 10:15-12:15 INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) IT Building 2-27
Fr 17Oct 13:00-15:00 INF716 IT Service Management IT Building 2-27
Fr 17Oct 15:15-17:15 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 17Oct 17:30-19:30 INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing IT Building 2-27
KUB780 IT Law will be presented by the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law. Contact: Sylvia
Papadopoulos
E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (012) 4203859
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2014 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES
First semester 2014
Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates
INF713 E-Commerce Tuesday, 17 June 2014 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab
INF714 Research methodology
(compulsory)
Friday, 13 June 2014 on/before 16:00
(no late submissions will be accepted) Dept.
INF787 Managing end-users and
projects Thursday, 19 June 2014 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab
INF788 IS Development Tuesday, 24 June 2014 (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
Second semester 2014
Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates
INF780 Research papers: final
submission (compulsory)
Friday, 31 Oct. 2014, 12:00
(no late submissions will be accepted) Dept
INF715 Enterprise architecture Friday, 7 Nov. (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
INF716 IT Service Management Tuesday, 11 Nov. (1400 - 17:00) CBT Lab
INF785 Advanced database systems
(data warehousing) Thursday, 13 Nov. (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
INF790 HCI Tuesday, 18 Nov (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab
INF791 Knowledge acquisition and
sharing Friday, 21 Nov (`14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
KUB780 IT Law To be arranged by Mercantile Law
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SYLLABI
INF713 E-Commerce
The analysis of the management, innovation and information systems aspects of the use of e-business technology
and strategies.
INF714 Research methodology (only for Informatics students) (compulsory)
This compulsory course explains different approaches that can be used for research in Informatics and gives practical
advice with respect to carrying out limited research projects. It also assists students in selecting suitable research
topics and writing research proposals in preparation for the research paper, which they will write in INF780.
INF715 Enterprise architecture
Enterprise Architecture (EA) involves comprehensive business frameworks that capture the complexity of modern
organizations, providing a blue-print for co-ordinating and integrating all components of an organization. The course
will illustrate all the aspects of EA, discuss the need for EA as well as various frameworks, methods and techniques of
EA.
INF 716 IT Service Management
All students will deal with the main aspects of IT service management addressing the 11 main management
processes, namely service support processes (Service desk management and the processes of incident management,
Problem management, Configuration management, Change management, Release management (hardware and
software)) and service delivery processes (Capacity management, Availability management, Service level
management, IT service continuity, Financial management for IT services, Security management for IT services).
INF780 Research paper (only for Informatics students) (compulsory)
• A research paper on a topic from the field of Informatics
• Prerequisite: INF714 (passed with at least 50%)
INF785 Advanced database systems
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts of data warehousing and business intelligence
within a business environment. The term business intelligence or BI refers to a class of applications and technologies
used to gather, provide access to, and analyse data about business operations. Business intelligence systems enable
businesses to have a more in-depth knowledge of customer behaviour, and other factors affecting their business,
such as metrics on sales, production and internal operations. This knowledge helps managers to make better
business decisions. A data warehouse is a core requirement for BI. Online analytical processing (OLAP) tools and data
mining tools are used to provide different types of information from a data warehouse. For this course, the main
emphasis will be on data warehousing and OLAP.
INF787 Managing end users and projects
Main emphasis will be on IS project management using a case study to get practical experience in project
management.
INF788 IS Development
Study and evaluation of different systems development methodologies
INF790 Human Computer Inter-action (HCI)
Dramatic advances in technology have revolutionized the way that people interact with computers. This course
focuses on the design and evaluation of user interfaces. Discussions will include both traditional computer systems
and web-based systems.
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INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing
In this information age a lot of data is captured every day and recorded in databases, but the wealth of this data is
kept locked in the databases because relatively little mining is performed on this data. This course introduces you to
data mining in terms of:
• The data mining process - how do you mine data?
• The data mining techniques - an overview of the data mining techniques that can be used
• Practical data mining experience - a practical project mining real industry data to find unknown patterns
Product overviews - product demonstrations by data mining vendors
KUB780 IT Law
Introduction to the study of cyber law
• The place of cyber law in the legal system
• The nature and scope of cyber law
• Sources of cyber law
• Inception and influence of the Internet
Regulation of the Internet
• National/international
• Jurisdiction
Aspects of intellectual property law and the Internet
• E-commerce activities and the Internet
• Aspects of jurisdiction and signing of contracts
• Data protection and encryption
• Liability of Internet service providers
Advertising and the Internet
• Criminal liability in cyber space
• Constitutional aspects in cyber space
• The right to privacy/freedom of expression/information
Prerequisite: KRG 110 or BER 210 or BER 310 or BER 410 (passed with at least 50%).
YEARBOOK 2014
� Informatics (07240172)
([email protected]) Prerequisites for admission to the degree: A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology / Informatics with an
average mark of at least 60% for the Information Technology / Informatics modules on third year level. (If the
candidate does not have a BCom degree, certain basic courses have to be passed before the degree will be
awarded.)
A candidate with an IT degree other than BCom (Informatics) (e.g. BSc(IT), BIS, BSc(IS)), who meets the requirement
of 60% average for his/her IT majors, will be accepted for the BCom Honours Informatics, on condition that he/she
has to enroll for and pass the first year, first semester courses in Accounting (FRK111), Business Management
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(OBS110), Economics (EKN110) and Statistics (STK110), if these subjects were not part of the bachelor’s degree. It is
a requirement of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences that candidates who register in this Faculty
should have a basic academic background in these subjects. These additional courses may be done concurrently with
the honours courses in Informatics. Summer schools are available in Accounting and Economics. Equivalent courses
may also be done through Unisa. All BCom (Hons), MCom and DCom degrees will only be awarded if candidates are
in possession of credits for the above-mentioned basic subjects. Candidates must still complete their degrees in the
maximum time allowed and will not be given extra time to complete the basic subjects.
A minimum of 120 credits (1200 notional hours) must be obtained.
Compulsory modules Prerequisites
INF714 Research Methodology 714 (15)
INF780 Research Paper 780 (30) INF 714
Elective modules (choose five)
INF713 E-Commerce (15)
INF715 Enterprise Architecture 715 (15)
INF716 IT Service Management (15)
INF785 Advanced Database Systems 785 (15)
INF787 Managing end-users and projects (15)
INF788 IS Development (15)
INF790 HCI (Human Computer Inter-action) (15)
INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing (15)
KUB780 IT Law 780 (15) KRG 110
or BER 210
or BER 310
or BER 410
Any other two honours modules, which have been approved by the Postgraduate Coordinator of the Department of
Informatics.
Note: OBS 784 (Management of e-Commerce and e-Business) may not be presented for degree purposes.
NB: The Department reserves the right not to present a particular module if the specific expertise is not available in
the Department in a particular year.
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E-MAIL ADDRESS POLICY
It is the policy of the University of Pretoria to supply all students who study at the University with a life-long e-mail
address.
The official communication medium with students of the University is via the web interface Student Online Services
(SOS). This is accessible through the University’s Homepage.
Every student supplied with a unique “life-long” standard e-mail address. The format of this standard e-mail address
is:
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Every year during registration a student had the opportunity to save an alternative “forwarding” e-mail address to
which the student’s e-mail can be sent. This e-mail address will then be set up as the “forwarding” address.
Should the student want to change the e-mail address after registration it can be changed on Student Online Services
(SOS).
You are therefore encouraged to change and/or correct your e-mail address personally on Student Online Services as
and when necessary. The Faculty Administration no longer has access to make changes to a student’s email after
registration.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WEB ADDRESSES
Special exams: There are NO aegrotates or supplementary examinations on postgraduate level. Students who miss a
module test or exam will have to repeat the whole course.
Important Web addresses: Information on all Informatics postgraduate courses can be found on the web at:
Informatics.up.ac.za/masters
Informatics.up.ac.za/doctoral
Informatics.up.ac.za/hons
Informatics.up.ac.za/postgrad
Please contact the Client Services Centre at [email protected] (e-mail) for information regarding fees and bursaries,
and/or visit http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=121
Please consult the following websites for general information and for information on the correct application
procedure
Details about M.IT and other IT programmes in the School of IT:
http://sit.up.ac.za or Mrs Dawn Taljaard ([email protected]).
Information Science:
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=2074 OR http://is.up.ac.za.
Computer Science (Honours) http://www.cs.up.ac.za/content.php?spc=dc
Computer Science (Postgraduate) http://www.cs.up.ac.za/content.php?spc=dd
Please contact [email protected] for information on other courses.
International students should consult UP’s website for additional information:
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=92
International students have to provide proof of SAQA accreditation, and either TOEFL/IELTS results:
SAQA: www.saqa.org.za
TOEFL (Test of English as a foreign language): www.ets.org/toefl
IELTS (International English Language Testing System): www.ielts.org
Also compare http://scarlacc.up.ac.za/CEatUP/default.aspx for information on certificate courses.
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For academic information regarding postgraduate courses in Informatics, please contact Mrs Rhona van der Merwe
For administrative matters regarding Informatics’s honours, master’s and PhD (Informatics) courses, please contact
Mrs Catharina Muller at [email protected]
For administrative matters regarding the doctoral programme PhD(IT), please contact Mrs Stefanie Steenberg at
PLAGIARISM
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines plagiarism as:
http://www.m-w.com/ [Accessed 03 September 2002]
The Encyclopædia Britannica defines plagiarism as:
"plagiarism" Encyclopædia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=61807 [Accessed September
3, 2002].
� Plagiarism is illegal and you can be expelled from the university if you plagiarise.
� With all information available on the World Wide Web, it is probably very tempting to cut and paste parts of
articles for assignments and so on, but remember that this is illegal and that the lecturers can find the sites
very easily themselves.
How to avoid plagiarism:
There are a number of sites on the World Wide Web that deal with issues around plagiarism:
• Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
• Avoiding Plagiarism
http://sja.ucdavis.edu/avoid.htm#mexamples
You may use material written by other people, but then the thing to do is to cite the material:
Guide to Citation Style Guides
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html
to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without
crediting the source
to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
the act of taking the writings of another person and passing them off as one's own.
The fraudulence is closely related to forgery and piracy—practices generally in violation of copyright
laws.
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CITATION STYLES, PLAGIARISM & STYLE MANUALS
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Citations.html
Harvard Style:
An updated version of the EMS document on Harvard referencing is available at:
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/eco/referencing.htm
References/Bibliography HARVARD STYLE
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/citation/harvard.html
Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for students
What is plagiarism?
You commit plagiarism when in any written work you use another person’s words, ideas or opinions without
acknowledging them as being from that other person. You do this when you copy the work word-by-word
(verbatim); or submit someone else’s work in a slightly altered form (such as changing a word with one meaning to
another word with the same meaning); and you do not acknowledge the borrowing in a way that shows from whom
or where you took the words, ideas or reasoning.
You must provide references whenever you quote (use the exact words), paraphrase (use the ideas of another
person, in your own words) or summarise (use the main points of another’s opinions, theories or data).
It does not matter how much of the other person’s work you use (whether it is one sentence or a whole paragraph),
or whether you do it unintentionally or on purpose. If you present the work as you own without acknowledging that
person, you are committing theft. Because of this, plagiarism is regarded as a very serious contravention of the
University’s rules which can lead to expulsion from the University.
Even if another student gives you permission to use one of his or her past assignments or other research to hand in
as you own, you are not allowed to do it. It is another form of plagiarism. You are also not allowed to let anybody
copy your work with the intention of passing it off as his/her work.
While academic staff must teach you about systems of referencing, and how to avoid plagiarism, you too
need to take responsibility for your own academic career. Speak to your lecturer if you are at any stage
uncertain as to what is required.
Information brochures on this topic are also available at the Academic Information Services.
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HARVARD REFERENCING, based on and adapted from:
• BOTHA, W.M. & DU TOIT, P.H. 1999. Guidelines for the preparation of written assignments. Pretoria: University of Pretoria (Academic Information Service.) [Online]. Available:
http://www.up.ac.za/asservices/ais/assign.pdf [Cited 6 August 2004].
• VAN DER WALT, E.J. 2002. Quoting sources, 2nd
ed. Potchefstroom: PU for CHE (Ferdinand Postma Library). (Scientific skills series.)
REFERENCE IN THE ESSAY REFERENCE IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOK – ONE AUTHOR:
Shingal (1992: 100) said that …
SHINGHAL, R. 1992. Formal concepts in artificial intelligence. London: Chapman & Hall.
BOOK – WITH SUBTITLE:
According to Halliman (2001: 100-105) …
HALLIMAN, C. 2001. Business intelligence using smart techniques: environmental scanning using text
mining and competitor analysis using scenarios and manual simulation. Houston, TA: Information
Uncover.
BOOK – LATER EDITION:
"Direct quote…" (Rob & Coronel, 2000: 100).
ROB, P. & CORONEL, C. 2000. Database systems: design, implementation, and management, 4th
ed.
Cambridge, MA: Course Technology.
BOOK – TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Berson & Smith, 1997: 100, 200, 300).
BERSON, A. & SMITH, S.J. 1997. Data warehousing, data mining, and OLAP. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
BOOK – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
Hancox et al. (1990: 100) said: "Direct quote…."
HANCOX, P.J., MILLS, W.J. & REID, B.J. 1990. Keyguide to information sources in artificial intelligence /
expert systems. Lawrence, KS: Ergosyst.
BOOK – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR: In a critical bibliography, Modern historians on British history
(1970: 22), it is assumed that …
Modern historians on British history: 1485-1945: a critical bibliography. 1970. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University Press.
BOOK – AUTHOR = INSTITUTION:
Paraphrased info … (University of Pretoria, Faculty of Economics
and Management Sciences, 1987: 4)
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences. 1987. Guidelines for the
preparation of assignments.
BOOK – AUTHOR = GOVERNMENT:
Paraphrased information … (South Africa, Department of
Constitutional Development, 1993: 100).
South Africa. Department of Constitutional Development. 1993. Negotiating a democratic South Africa.
Pretoria: Government Printer.
BOOK – CONFERENCE PROCEEDING:
Paraphrased information … (International scientific symposium,
1989: 100).
International scientific symposium (May 9-11,1989: Hamburg, FRG). 1989. Proceedings: Natural
language and logic. Edited by R. Studer. Berlin: Springer. (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, no. 459.)
BOOK – COMPILED/EDITED:
The meaning of the word précis is summary or abstract (Concise
Concise Oxford dictionary of current English: first edited by H.W. Fowler & F.G. Fowler, 8th
ed. Edited by
R.E. Allen. 1995. London: BCA.
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Oxford dictionary of current English, 1995: 937).
BOOK – TRANSLATED:
Paraphrased information … (Mayr, 1992: 100).
MAYR, H. 1992. A guide to fossils. Translated by D. Dineley & G. Windsor. Princeton, NJ: University Press.
BOOK – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR, TRANSLATED:
Paraphrased information … (Anonymous, 1960: 100).
Anonymous. The song of Roland. Translated by F.B. Lanquines. 1960. New York, BY: Macmillan.
BOOK IN PARTS:
Paraphrased information … (McDonald, 1968: 100).
MCDONALD, L.C. 1968. Western political theory. Part 1: Ancient and medieval. New York, NY: Harcourt.
BOOK – PART OF SERIES:
Paraphrased information … (Sparck Jones & Galliers, 1996: 100).
SPARCK JONES, K. & GALLIERS, J.R. 1996. Evaluating natural language processing systems: an analysis
and review. Berlin: Springer. (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, no. 1083.)
BOOK – AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTION IN BOOK EDITED BY SOMEONE
ELSE:
Paraphrased information … (Strzalkowski & Perez-Carballo, 1999:
114-115).
STRZALKOWSKI, T. & PEREZ-CARBALLO, J. 1999. Evaluating natural language processing techniques in
information retrieval. In Natural language information retrieval. Edited by T. Strzalkowski. Dordrecht:
Kluwer. p. 113-145. (Text, speech and language technology, 7.)
BOOK, NO DATE:
Paraphrased information … (Author, s.a..: 100).
Paraphrased information … (Author, n.d.: 100).
Geparafraseerde inligting ... (Outeur, s.j.: 100).
AUTHOR, A.A. s.a. Title. Place: Publisher.
AUTHOR, A.A. n.d. Title. Place: Publisher.
OUTEUR, A.A. s.j. Titel. Plek: Uitgewer.
BOOK – ACADEMIC DISSERTATIONS AND THESES:
Paraphrased information … (Silvestro, 1984: 100).
SILVESTRO, K.C. 1984. Computer knowledge acquisition from natural language explanations. Ann Arbor,
MI: University Microfilms International. (Ph.D. dissertation. The University of Connecticut.)
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Hasselhoff, 1975: 98).
HASSELHOFF, A. 1975. Illuminated manuscripts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 12, p. 95-100.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Varley & Immelman, 1972).
VARLEY, D.H. & IMMELMAN, R.F.M. 1972. Libraries. Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, vol. 6, p.
618.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
"et al." may be used.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Phoenicia, 1958).
Phoenicia. 1958. The encyclopaedia Americana, vol. 6, p. 28.
JOURNAL ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Pavlov, 1998: 55).
PAVLOV, S. 1998. Sofia's choice. Bulletin of the atomic scientists, May/June 1998, vol. 54, no. 3, p. 52-57.
JOURNAL ARTICLE – TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Latteux & Thierrion, 1938).
LATTEUX, M. & THIERRION, G. 1938. Semi-discrete context free languages. International journal of
computer mathematics, March 1938, vol. 8, p. 3.
JOURNAL ARTICLE – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Cocklin, Gray & Smit, 1983).
COCKLIN, C., GRAY, E.A. & SMIT, B. 1983. Future urban growth and agricultural land in Ontario. Applied
geography, April 1983, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 91.
JOURNAL ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Administration of technical
information groups, 1959: 8).
Administration of technical information groups. 1959. Canadian journal of chemistry, January 1959, vol.
30, no. 1, p. 7-14.
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PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY:
Paraphrased information …(Henczel, 2000: 211).
HENCZEL, S. 2000. The information audit as a first step towards effective knowledge management: an
opportunity for the special librarian. Inspel, vol. 34, no. 3/4, p. 210-226. [Online]. Available:
http://www.fh-potsdam.de/~IFLA/INSPEL/00-3hesu.pdf [Cited 17 March 2003].
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL:
Paraphrased information …(Roberts, 1996).
ROBERTS, K. 1996. Early Australian nursing scholarship: the first decade of the AJAN. Part 1: Scholars.
The Australian electronic journal of nursing education, vol. 1, no. 1. [Online]. Available:
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/nhcp/aejne/archive/vol1-1/ajn1.htm [Cited 17 March 2003].
PUBLISHED PAPER AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY:
Paraphrased information … (Hearst, 1999).
HEARST, M.A. 1999. Untangling text data mining. Proceedings of ACL’99: the 37th
Annual meeting of
the association for computational linguistics, University of Maryland, June 20-26 (invited paper). [Online].
Available: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hearst/papers/ac199/ac199-tdm.html [Cited 17 March 2003].
NEWSPAPER REPORT/ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Peterson, 1987).
PETERSON, C. 1987. Falklanders fear weakening of UK resolve. Pretoria News, 21 January 1987, p.
12.
NEWSPAPER REPORT/ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS:
Paraphrased information … (Red-light row, 1987).
Red-light row: council split over call to set up legalised brothels. 1987. Sunday Times Metro, 1
January 1987, p. 1.
REPRODUCTION:
Paraphrased information … (Smith, 1972).
SMITH, J.B. 1972. Vertaling as 'n beroep. Fotostaat, Pretoria, Oktober 1972.
CLASS NOTES (usually not acceptable):
Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001a: 3).
VIKTOR, H. 2001. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 1. Pretoria: University of Pretoria.
(Class notes.)
LETTER:
Paraphrased information … (Elazar, 1998).
ELAZAR, D. 1998. Letter to Walt Crawford, Israel Aircraft Industries, 1 June 1998.
MICROFORM:
Paraphrased information … (Chu & Schramm, 1967: 100).
CHU, G.C. & SCHRAMM, W. 1967. Learning from television. Bethesda, Md: ERIC Document
Reproduction Service, ED 014900.
SOUND RECORDING:
Paraphrased information … (Mandela, 1996).
Mandela, N. 1996. Interview with Max du Preez, SABC, 14 April 1996.
MORE THAN ONE SOURCE BY ONE AUTHOR, DIFFERENT YEARS:
Paraphrased information … (Stair & Reynolds, 1998: 100).
Paraphrased information … (Stair & Reynolds, 2001: 100).
STAIR, R.M. & REYNOLDS, G.W. 1998. Principles of information systems: a managerial approach, 4th
ed. Cambridge, MA: Course Technology.
STAIR, R.M. & REYNOLDS, G.W. 2001. Principles of information systems: a managerial approach, 5th
ed. Boston, MA: Course Technology.
MORE THAN ONE SOURCE BY ONE AUTHOR, SAME YEAR:
Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001a: 3).
Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001b: 3).
VIKTOR, H. 2001a. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 1. Pretoria: University of Pretoria.
(Class notes.)
VIKTOR, H. 2001b. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 2. Pretoria: University of Pretoria.
(Class notes.)
MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR WITH SAME SURNAME:
E. van Wyk (1972: 14) independently reached the same
VAN WYK, E. 1972…
VAN WYK, T. 1970…
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viewpoint as T. van Wyk (1970: 3).
ONE REFERENCE TO MORE THAN ONE SOURCE:
This is in agreement with various other authors (Blake, 1965;
Doyle, 1965; Smith, 1966; Zuary, 1967).
Listed separately in the usual way.
WEBSITE:
Paraphrased information … (Ananyan & Kharlamov, n.d.).
Paraphrased information … (Van Gemert, 2000).
ANANYAN, S. & KHARLAMOV, A. n.d. Automated analysis of natural language texts. [Online].
Available: http://www.megaputer.com/tech/wp/tm.php3 [Cited 17 March 2003].
VAN GEMERT, J. 2000. Text mining tools on the internet: an overview. [Online]. Available:
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/jimmylin/papers/Gemert00.pdf [Cited 17 March 2003].
E-MAIL:
Paraphrased information … (Barry, 1995).
THOMSON, B. Virtual reality. Personal e-mail (25 Jan. 1995).
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE
Surname / Van
Initials / Voorletters
Student Number /
Studentenommer
Module Code /
Modulekode INF :
Assignment number /
Opdrag nommer
Name of Lecturer /
Naam van Dosent
Date of Submission /
Datum ingehandig
Declaration / Verklaring: I declare that this assignment, submitted by me, is my own work and that I have
referenced all the sources that I have used. / Ek verklaar dat hierdie opdrag wat deur my ingehandig word,
my eie werk is en dat ek na al die bronne wat ek gebruik het, verwys het.
Signature of Student /
Handtekening van student
MARK / PUNT
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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GROEPSOPDRAG VOORBLAD
Student Number / Studentenommer Surname / Van Initials / Voorletters
Module Code / Modulekode INF :
Assignment number / Opdragnommer
Date of Submission / Datum van Inhandiging
Name of Lecturer / Naam van Dosent
Declaration / Verklaring: I declare that this assignment, submitted by us, is our own work and that we have
referenced all the sources that we have used. / Ek verklaar dat hierdie opdrag wat deur die groep ingehandig
word, die groep se eie werk is en dat ons na al die bronne wat ons gebruik het, verwys het.
Signature of Leader / Handtekening van Leier
MARK / PUNT