Required texts

Prescribed text

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Where possible, all assessment items will be submitted online via the teaching site in UCLearn. The first page of each assessment item should include the following information:

• Student ID number:
• Assessment Name:
• Word Count (if applicable):

Students' names are not to be included in any assessment tasks/submissions. Only Student ID numbers should be included (as per the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures).

Assessment items must be submitted to the assignment area in the UCLearn teaching site, relating to that piece of assessment. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item, to the right submission section.

Late submissions will only be accepted for a limited period. If more than one late submission is made within that period, only the first late submission will be accepted for marking and may be subject to penalties as detailed in the Assessment Procedures.

Special assessment requirements

Information on extensions and special considerations for assessments can be found in the 

To pass this unit, you must achieve at least 50% as a combined total of the available marks for the quizzes, assignments; and tutorial participation.

Once this condition has been satisfied, grades will be awarded as per the following 

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the lecturer about the matter. Tutors will also be happy to assist in this regard.

1. Students should keep a copy of all assessment items that are submitted.

2. The lecturer reserves the right to question students orally on their submitted work

3. The assessment criterion for answers to theoretical and technical questions is both correctness and appropriate style.

4. The tutors will provide feedback to the students on their assignments. Students are encouraged to seek individual feedback from the tutor/lecturer.

Referencing requirements:

All work quoted from other written sources should be appropriately referenced using the "author-date" (91Porn Harvard 6th edition) style. This style is described in detail (including electronic sources) in the Citation Guide available at:

Supplementary assessment

N/A

Indigenisation of the Curriculum

Some Indigenisation of the Curriculum is covered in this unit and may be included in course content and assessment items.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 91Porn (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

An estimate of the required student workload for this subject is given below:

Total  150 hours

Participation requirements

Attendance at classes is required as tutorial participation attracts up to 2 marks per tutorial  Students should also be aware that the subject will be examined on material covered in classes, including lectures, tutorials, and assignment materials, and it is the individual student's responsibility to ensure that they are sufficiently familiar with this material. Attendance at classes is one of the best ways of ensuring this familiarity. While the lecture notes and course materials are available on the subject website, these are intended to be broad outlines of the lectures. Do not make the mistake of assuming that the materials perfectly substitute for class attendance. Note: there is a group presentation part of the group assignment to be recorded and submitted online Sunday, Week 8, Semester 1, 2024, by 23:59 hours.  All students in a group will need to record themselves speaking 'live' to gain marks for this presentation, i.e. voice-overs only are not acceptable.

Required IT skills

This unit is suitable for students with both minimal and more advanced information systems backgrounds since students are introduced to the fundamentals of computerised decision support and business intelligence and to the techniques and models which enhance decision making in an organisational environment.

In-unit costs

There are no additional costs associated with this unit apart from materials you choose to use in the preparation of assessment items and text book. 

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Announcements made on this subject in the lectures and on the Canvas website are deemed to be made to all students enrolled in the unit.

Students are to contact the lecturer by email Rosetta.Romano@canberra.edu.au for any concerns about the unit.

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