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School of Information Technology Skool vir Inligtingtegnologie Department of Informatics Departement Informatika BCom Honours Brochure 2019 BCom Honneursbrosjure 2019 Last Revision: 23 January 2019 © Copyright reserved
BCOM HONS (INFORMATICS) (07240172)
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
2019: Program1
Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................. 1
REGISTRATION INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 2
Study fees ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Deregister and/or adding of subjects ........................................................................................................... 2
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2019 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS ................................................................................ 3
First semester 2019 ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Second semester 2019 .................................................................................................................................. 3
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2019 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS ................................................................................. 4
DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2019 ................................................................................................ 5
DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2019 ........................................................................................... 6
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2019 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES ...................................................................... 8
First semester 2019 ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Second semester 2019 .................................................................................................................................. 8
SYLLABI .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
YEARBOOK 2019 .......................................................................................................................................... 10
E-MAIL ADDRESS POLICY ............................................................................................................................. 12
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WEB ADDRESSES ................................................................................... 12
International students should consult UP’s website for additional information: ...................................... 13
PLAGIARISM ................................................................................................................................................ 13
HARVARD REFERENCING, based on and adapted from: ............................................................................. 16
1 Subject to change.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
1. During the first and second semester students have classes on eight Fridays from 07:30 to 17:30. 2. In total there are nine 90 minutes contact sessions with lecturers over 8 Fridays per semester. Class
attendance is compulsory. 3. INF714 (Research methodology) is a prerequisite (50% must be attained) for INF780 (Research paper).
Both courses are compulsory. 4. Classes start on 01 February 2019. 5. 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 6. 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. The NQF rating for BCom (Hons) is 8. 7. Students must register for 7 courses in total of which at least five courses must be taken from the
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.
8. 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.
9. 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 considered for the BCom Honours (Informatics) degree. However, he/she has to enroll 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. This holds also for students with a BCom which did not include those basic subjects. 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. It is not allowed for students to do these four subjects concurrently with the BCom Hons (Informatics) degree. Therefore students must first register for Commerce Special and enroll for these 4 subjects (STK, OBS, EKN & FRK). Only after passing these 4 subjects will students be allowed to apply for BCom Hons (INF). Equivalent courses may also be done through Unisa. One can only apply for BCom(Hons), MCom degrees once you have the credits for the above-mentioned basic subjects.
10. 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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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
1. After application have been approved you will receive an Official Admissions letter by e-mail (This letter
will also be available on your Student Portal – Student Centre - Communication) 2. You first have to pay the registration fee before you can register (use your student no as reference). After
this, a contract will be available on the student portal (online contract – complete the form – download). The signed original contract must be handed in the at Client Service Centre or courier it to the University
3. Registration: Online only, from the 2rd of January 2019 (www.up.ac.za/online-registration) 4. Your will be able to complete the registration process within 24 hours after you have paid the registration.
For access to campus bring a printout of the “Proof of registration” and obtain you student card at Student Centre.
5. Any registration problems e.g. financial unsuitable, hold, change of modules, must be directed to Faculty Administration
Important contact information: Departmental administrative officer: Mrs Rhona van der Merwe, [email protected], 012 420 6321 Administrative faculty officer of the BCom(Hons) MS LERATO KRAPPIE Office: EMS 1-5 FOYER, Telephone 012 420 5387, E-mail: [email protected] , Fax: 012 420 3063
International queries & “hold”: Mrs Jenny Lambinon – [email protected] Mrs Wiida le Roux – [email protected]
Study fees
The estimate fee for the BCom(Hons) INF for 2018 is between R26 380 and R34 560 depending on which electives are chosen. More information on study fees can be found at https://www.up.ac.za/en/fees-and-funding/article/277386/tuition-fees-per-faculty
Fees Requirements: Mrs Sophy Seefane – [email protected] Mr Frans Mothogoane – [email protected] Ms Komane Lehong – [email protected]
Deregister and/or adding of subjects
Deregister and/or adding of subjects must be done at Faculty. Please keep in mind that it must be done within 2 weeks after the semester had started.
MS LERATO KRAPPIE Office: EMS 1-5 FOYER Telephone 012 420 5387, Fax: 012 420 3063 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 012 420 3063
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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2019 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS
First Semester 2019
INF714 Research methodology (compulsory)
Prof Carina de Villiers Prof Alta van der Merwe
[email protected] [email protected]
0124203798 0124206653
INF715 Enterprise Architecture Dr Phil van Deventer Prof Awie Leonard
[email protected] [email protected]
01242052190124203375
INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) Dr Marié Hattingh Mr Jacques Brosens Mr Rendani Kruger
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
0124205322 0124203798 0124203798
INF785 Advance Database System
Prof Aurona Gerber Dr Sunet Eybers
[email protected] [email protected]
01242059840124203709
INF788 IS Development Dr Tania Prinsloo Prof Awie Leonard
[email protected] [email protected]
0124205855 0124203375
INF780 Research Project 1–(Compulsory)
Prof Carina de Villiers Prof Machdel Matthee Prof Alta van der Merwe
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
0124203798 0124203365 0124206653
Second Semester 2019
INF713 Capita Select –Disruptive technologies
Prof Aurona Gerber Dr Phil van Deventer
[email protected] [email protected]
0124205984 0124205219
INF787 Managing end-users and projects
Dr Lizette Weilbach Dr Funmi Adebesin
[email protected] [email protected]
0124203376 0124205667
INF780 Research Project (Compulsory)
Prof Carina de Villiers Prof Machdel Matthee Prof Alta van der Merwe
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
0124203798 0124203365 0124206653
INF782 Electronic commerce Dr Riana Steyn Ms Komla Pillay
[email protected] [email protected]
0124203341 0124205422
INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing
Dr Sunet Eybers Prof Aurona Gerber
[email protected] [email protected]
0124203709 0124205984
KUB780 IT Law To be organized by Mercantile Law
1 Only honours students in their second year may register for this module in the first semester.
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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2019 – 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
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 Information Technology Project Management
Schwalbe, Kathy
INF788 Recommended 9781312665989 Modern ERP: Select, Implement, and Use Today’s Advanced Business Systems
Lulu
Recommended 9780077114176 Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools
Avison, David; Fritzgerald, G
Recommended 9781111820411 Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning, International edition
Ellen Wagner, Bret Monk
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DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2019
DATES 2019 FIRST SEMESTER
COURSE CODE
COURSE NAME VENUE
MEETING 1
Fr 1 Febr 07:45- 09:15 INF785 Advance database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Febr 09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Febr 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fri 1 Febr 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Febr 15:15-16:45 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27
MEETING 2
Fr 15 Feb 07:45- 09:45 INF785 Advance database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 15 Feb 09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
Fr 15 Feb 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 15 Feb 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 15 Feb 15:15-16:45 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27
MEETING 3
Fr 1 Mar 07:45-09:15 INF785 Advance database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Mar09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Mar 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 1 Mar13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 1 Mar 15:15-16:45 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27
MEETING 4
Fr 15 Mar 07:45-09:15 INF785 Advance database Systems SANLAM AUDITORIUM
Fr 15 Mar09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development SANLAM AUDITORIUM
Fr 15 Mar 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology SANLAM AUDITORIUM
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 15 Mar13:30 -15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture SANLAM AUDITORIUM
Fr 15 Mar 15:15-16:45 INF790 HCI SANLAM AUDITORIUM
MEETING 5
Fr 5 Apr 07:45-09:15 INF785 Advance database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 5 Apr 09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
Fr 5 Apr 11:15 – 12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 5 Apr 13:30 -15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 5 Apr 15:15-16:45 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27
INDUSTRY MEETING
Fr 12 Apr 07:30 -17:00 INDUSTY DAY (Compulsory) IT Building 2-27
MEETING 6
Fr 3 May 07:45-09:15 INF785 Advance database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 3 May 09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
Fr 3 May 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 3 May 13:30 – 15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 3 May 15:15 – 16:45 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27
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MEETING 7
Fr 17 May 07:45-09:15 INF785 Advance database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 17May 09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
Fr 17 May 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 17 May 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 17 May 15:15-16:45 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27
MEETING 8
Fr 24 May 07:45-09:15 INF785 Advance database Systems IT Building 2-27
Fr 24 May 09:30-11:00 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27
Fr 24 May 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 24 May 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27
Fr 24 May 15:15-16:45 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27
DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2019
DATES 2019 SECOND SEMESTER
COURSE CODE
COURSE NAME VENUE
MEETING 1
Fr 12 Jul 07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 12 Jul 09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 12 Jul 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 12 Jul 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 12 Jul 15:15-16:45 INF780 Research project IT Building 2-27
MEETING 2
Fr 26 Jul 07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 26 Jul 09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 26 Jul 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 26 Jul 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 26 Jul 15:15 – 16:45 INF780 Research project IT Building 2-27
MEETING 3
Fr 2 Aug 07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 2 Aug 09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 2 Aug 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 2 Aug 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 2 Aug 15:15-16:45 INF780 Research project IT Building 2-27
MEETING 4
Fr 16 Aug 07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 16 Aug 09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 16 Aug 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
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Fr 16 Aug 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 16 Aug 15:15-16:45 INF780 Research project IT Building 2-27
MEETING 5
Fr 30 Aug 07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 30 Aug 09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 30 Aug 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 30 Aug 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 30 Aug 15:15-16:45 INF780 Research project IT Building 2-27
MEETING 6
Fr 6 Sept07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 6 Sept09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 6 Sept 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 6 Sept 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 6 Sept 15:15 – 16:45 INF780 Research project IT Building 2-27
MEETING 7
Fr 4 Oct 07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 4 Oct 09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 4 Oct 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 4 Oct 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 4 Oct 15:15-16:45 INF780 Research project IT Building 2-27
MEETING 8
Fr 18 Oct 07:45-09:15 INF713 Disruptive Technologies IT Building 2-27
Fr 18 Oct 09:30-11:00 INF782 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27
Fr 18 Oct 11:15-12:45 INF787 Managing end-user & Projects IT Building 2-27
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 18 Oct 13:30-15:00 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27
Fr 18 Oct 15:15-16:45 INF780 Research project 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
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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2019 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES
First semester 2019
Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates
INF714 Research methodology (compulsory)
Friday, 31 May 2019 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab.
INF715 Enterprise Architecture Tuesday, 4 June 2019 (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
INF790 HCI Friday, 7 June 2019 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab
INF785 Advance Database Systems Tuesday, 11 June 2019 (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
INF788 IS Development Friday, 14 June 2019 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab
Second semester 2019
Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates
INF780 Research papers: final submission (compulsory)
Friday, 1 Nov. 2019, 12:00 (no late submissions will be accepted)
Dept
INF713 Capita Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Friday, 8 Nov 2019 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab
INF782 E-Commerce Tuesday, 12 Nov 2019 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab
INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing
Friday, 15 Nov 2019 (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
INF787 Managing end-users and projects
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2019 (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab
KUB780 IT Law To be arranged by Mercantile Law
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SYLLABI
INF713 Capita Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
In this course students will be introduced to disruptive technologies. The course will include topics such as the nature
and unique characteristics of disruptive technologies, the identification of disruptors and the impact thereof on
existing business models, as well as mechanisms to harness the opportunities and mediate the risks provided by
disruptive technologies.
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.
INF782 E-Commerce
The analysis of the management, innovation and information systems aspects of the use of e-business technology
and strategies.
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
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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.
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 2019
Informatics (07240172) ([email protected])
([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.)
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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 considered for the BCom Honours (Informatics) degree. However, he/she has to enroll 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. This holds also for students with a BCom which did not include those basic subjects. 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. It is not allowed for students to do these four subjects concurrently with the BCom Hons (Informatics) degree. Therefore students must first register for Commerce Special and enroll for these 4 subjects (STK, OBS, EKN & FRK). Only after passing these 4 subjects will students be allowed to apply for BCom Hons (INF). Equivalent courses may also be done through Unisa. One can only apply for BCom(Hons), MCom degrees once you have the credits for the above-mentioned 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) 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:
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=2074OR 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.
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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.
For academic information regarding postgraduate courses in Informatics, please contact Mrs Rhona van der Merwe at [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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.
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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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
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.
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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.)
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BOOK – COMPILED/EDITED: The meaning of the word précis is summary or abstract (Concise Oxford dictionary of current English, 1995: 937).
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.
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.
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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.
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.)
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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 viewpoint as T. van Wyk (1970: 3).
VAN WYK, E. 1972… VAN WYK, T. 1970…
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
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
GROUP ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE
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
