Download dates and venues: second semester 2017

School of Information Technology
Skool vir Inligtingtegnologie
Department of Informatics
Departement Informatika
Honours Brochure 2017
Honneursbrosjure 2017
Last Revision: 29 November 2016
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BCOM HONS (INFORMATICS)
(07240172)
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
2017: Program1
Table of Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................. 1
REGISTRATION INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 2
DEREGISTER OF STUBJECTS ........................................................................................................................... 2
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2017 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS ................................................................................ 3
First semester 2017....................................................................................................................................... 3
Second semester 2017 .................................................................................................................................. 3
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2017 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS ................................................................................. 4
DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2017 ................................................................................................ 5
DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2017 ........................................................................................... 6
INFORMATICS HONOURS 2017 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES ...................................................................... 8
First semester 2017....................................................................................................................................... 8
Second semester 2017 .................................................................................................................................. 8
SYLLABI .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
YEARBOOK 2017.......................................................................................................................................... 11
E-MAIL ADDRESS POLICY ............................................................................................................................. 12
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WEB ADDRESSES ................................................................................... 13
International students should consult UP’s website for additional information: ...................................... 13
PLAGIARISM ................................................................................................................................................ 14
HARVARD REFERENCING, based on and adapted from: ............................................................................. 17
1
Subject to change.
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. Registration: Online only, from the 3rd of January 2017
5. Classes start on 03 February 2017.
6. Enquiries: Mrs Rhona van der Merwe ([email protected] or 012 420-6321).
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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
After application have been approved and received an Official Admissions letter by e-mail (This
letter will also be available on your Student Portal – Student
Centre - Communication)
www.up.ac.za/online-registration
On-line contract will also be available on Student Portal (Student Portal – on-line contract
“complete the form – down load – sign – and hand in the original at Client Service Centre or
courier it to the University.
Pay your registration fee – (Use your student nr as reference)
After 24 hours it should be effective on the system. Processing your on-line registration on your
student portal under registration.
Registration, Financial Unsuitable, Hold, etc. problems please contact Faculty Administration
EMS BCom Hons
Mrs Nellie Bahula – nellie.bahula@@up.ac.za 012 420 5279
Office : EMS Building, Room 1-12-6
International queries & “hold”:
Mrs Jenny Lambinon – [email protected]
Mrs Wiida le Roux – [email protected]
Fees Requirements:
Mrs Rose Malinga – [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.
Mrs Nelie Bahula
EMS Building, Room 1.12-6
[email protected]
012 420 5279
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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2017 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS
First semester 2017
INF714
Research methodology
(compulsory)
Dr Marita Turpin
Dr Funmi Adebesin
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124205351
0124205667
INF715
Enterprise Architecture
Dr Phil van Deventer
Prof Awie Leonard
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124205219
0124203375
INF785
Advance Database
System
Prof Aurona Gerber
Dr Sunet Eybers
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124205984
0124203373
INF780
Research Project
(Compulsory)
Only for those that has
done INF780 previously
Appointment with supervisor
if student prefer.
INF788
IS Development
Prof Awie Leonard
Ms Tania Prinsloo
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124203375
0124205855
INF790
HCI (Capita Selecta)
Prof Helene Gelderblom
Dr Marié Hattingh
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124203352
0124205322
Second semester 2017
INF713
Capita Select –
Disruptive technologies
Prof Aurona Gerber
[email protected]
0124205984
INF716
Mobile Computing
Dr Neil Croft
[email protected]
0124203367
INF780
Research Project
(Compulsory)
Prof Helene Gelderblom
[email protected]
0124203352
INF782
Electronic commerce
Dr Riana Steyn
Ms Komla Pillay
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124203341
0124205422
INF787
Managing end-users
and projects
Dr Lizette Weilbach
Dr Riana Steyn
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124203376
0124203341
INF791
Knowledge acquisition
and sharing
Prof Aurona Gerber
Dr Sunet Eybers
[email protected]
[email protected]
0124205984
0124203373
KUB780
IT Law
To be organized by Mercantile Law
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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2017 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS
Handbooks will be announced on ClickUP.
Subject
INF713
Prescribed/Recommended
Prescribed
ISBN
9780273752011
INF714
Prescribed
9781412902243
INF785
Prescribed
9780470462072
Recommended
9780471255475
INF787
Prescribed
9781133627227
INF788
Recommended
9781312665989
Recommended
9780077114176
Title
E-Business and ECommerce
Management
Researching
Information
Systems and
Computing
Data Warehousing
Fundamentals for IT
Professionals : A
Comprehensive
Guide for IT
Professionals
The Data
Warehouse
Lifecycle Toolkit:
Tools and
Techniques for
Designing,
Developing and
Deploying Data
Marts and Data
Warehouses
Information
Technology Project
Management
Modern ERP:
Select, Implement,
and Use Today’s
Advanced Business
Systems
Information
Systems
Development:
Methodologies,
Techniques and
Tools
Authors
Chaffey Dave
Oates, Briony J
Ponniah, Paulraj
Kimball,Ralph; Reeves,
Laura; Ross Margy;
Thornthwaite Warren
Schwalbe, Kathy
Lulu
Avison, David; Fritzgerald,
G
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DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2017
DATES 2017
FIRST SEMESTER
MEETING 1
Fr 3 Febr 07:45- 09:15
Fr 3 Febr 09:30-11:00
Fr 3 Febr 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fri 3 Febr 13:30-15:00
Fri 3 Febr 15:15-16:45
MEETING 2
Fr 17 Feb 07:45- 09:45
Fr 17 Feb 09:30-11:00
Fr 17 Feb 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 17 Feb 13:30-15:00
Fr 17 Feb 15:15-16:45
MEETING 3
Fr 3 Mar 07:45-09:15
Fr 3 Mar09:30-11:00
Fr 3 Mar 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 3 Mar13:30-15:00
Fr 3 Mar 15:15-16:45
MEETING 4
Fr 10 Mar 07:45-09:15
Fr 10 Mar09:30-11:00
Fr 10 Mar 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 10 Mar13:30 -15:00
Fr 10 Mar 15:15-16:45
MEETING 5
Fr 31 Mar 07:45-09:15
Fr 31 Mar 09:30-11:00
Fr 31 Mar 11:15 – 12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 31 Mar 13:30 -15:00
Fr 31 Mar 15:15-16:45
COURSE
CODE
COURSE NAME
VENUE
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
SRC Chaimbers
SRC Chaimbers
SRC Chaimbers
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
SRC Chaimbers
SRC Chaimbers
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
Conference 100
Conference 100
COMPULSORY
Conference 100
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
Conference 100
Conference 100
INDUSTRY MEETING
Fr 21 Apr 07:30 -17:00
MEETING 6
Fr 5 May 07:45-09:15
Fr 5 May 09:30-11:00
Fr 5 May 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 5 May 13:30 – 15:00
Fr 5 May 15:15 – 16:45
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MEETING 7
Fr 19 May 07:45-09:15
Fr 19 May 09:30-11:00
Fr 19 May 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 19 May 13:30-15:00
Fr 19 May 15:15-16:45
MEETING 8
Fr 26 May 07:45-09:15
Fr 26 May 09:30-11:00
Fr 26 May 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 26 May 13:30-15:00
Fr 26 May 15:15-16:45
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF788
INF785
INF714
IS Development
Advance Data base Systems
Research Methodology
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF790
INF715
HCI
Enterprise Architecture
Conference 100
Conference 100
DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2017
DATES 2017
SECOND SEMESTER
MEETING 1
Fr 28 Jul 07:45-09:15
Fr 28 Jul 09:30-11:00
Fr 28 Jul 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 28 Jul 13:30-15:00
Fr 28 Jul 15:15-17:15
MEETING 2
Fr 11 Aug07:45-09:15
Fr 11 Aug09:30-11:00
Fr 11 Aug 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 11 Aug 13:30-15:00
Fr 11 Aug 15:15 – 17:15
MEETING 3
Fr 25 Aug 07:45-09:15
Fr 25 Aug 09:30-11:00
Fr 25Aug 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 25 Aug 13:30-15:00
Fr 25 Aug 15:15-17:15
MEETING 4
Fr 8 Sept07:45-09:15
Fr 8 Sept09:30-11:00
Fr 8 Sept 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
COURSE
CODE
COURSE NAME
VENUE
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
IT Building 2-27
IT Building 2-27
IT Building 2-27
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
IT Building 2-27
IT Building 2-27
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
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Fr 8 Sept 13:30-15:00
Fr 8 Sept 15:15-17:15:00
MEETING 5
Fr 22 Sept 07:45-09:15
Fr 22 Sept 09:30-11:00
Fr 22 Sept 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 22 Sept 13:30-15:00
Fr 22 Sept 15:15-17:15:00
MEETING 6
Fr 29 Sept07:45-09:15
Fr 29 Sept09:30-11:00
Fr 29 Sept 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 29 Sept 13:30-15:00
Fr 29 Sept 15:15 – 17:15
MEETING 7
Fr 13 Oct 07:45-09:15
Fr 13 Oct 09:30-11:00
Fr 13 Oct 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 13 Oct 13:30-15:00
Fr 13 Oct 15:15-17:15
MEETING 8
Fr 27 Oct 07:45-09:15
Fr 27 Oct 09:30-11:00
Fr 27 Oct 11:15-12:45
LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30
Fr 27 Oct 13:30-15:00
Fr 27 Oct 15:15-17:15
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF713
INF791
INF782
Capital Selecta – Disruptive Technologies
Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing
Electronic Commerce
Conference 100
Conference 100
Conference 100
INF716
INF787
Mobile Computing
Managing end-user and projects
Conference 100
Conference 100
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 2017 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES
First semester 2017
Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates
Research methodology
INF714
Tuesday, 6 June 2016 (14:00-17:00)
(compulsory)
INF715
Enterprise Architecture
Friday, 9 June 2017 (14:00 – 17:00)
INF790
HCI
Tuesday, 13 June 2017 (14:00-17:00)
INF785
Advance Database Systems
Tuesday, 20 June 2017 (14:00-17:00)
INF788
IS Development
Friday, 23 June 2017 (14:00-17:00)
CBT Lab.
CBT Lab
CBT Lab
CBT Lab
CBT Lab
Second semester 2017
Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates
Research papers: final
Friday, 3 Nov. 2017, 12:00
INF780
submission (compulsory)
(no late submissions will be accepted)
INF716
Mobile Computing
Friday, 10 Nov. (1400 - 17:00)
Capita Selecta – Disruptive
INF713
Tuesday, 14 Nov (14:00-17:00)
Technologies
E-Commerce
INF782
Tuesday, 7 Nov. (14:00-17:00)
Knowledge acquisition and
INF791
Friday, 17 Nov (14:00 – 17:00)
sharing
Managing end-users and
INF787
Tuesday, 21 Nov 2017 (14:00 – 17:00)
projects
KUB780
IT Law
To be arranged by Mercantile Law
Dept
CBT Lab
CBT Lab
CBT Lab
CBT Lab
CBT Lab
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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.
INF 716 Mobile Computing
The course covers all aspects of mobile computing including:
. mobile networks (next generation networks) 2G, 3G, 4G
. mobile money (NFC, crypto currencies)
. mobile advertising
. mobile site development (handset detection)
. mobile application development (native and hybrid)
. mobile analytics
The course will be theoretical and practical in nature.
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
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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 2017
 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 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
(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
INF714 Research Methodology 714
INF780 Research Paper 780
(15)
(30)
Prerequisites
Elective modules (choose five)
INF713 E-Commerce
INF715 Enterprise Architecture 715
INF716 Mobile Computing
INF785 Advanced Database Systems 785
INF787 Managing end-users and projects
INF788 IS Development
INF790 HCI (Human Computer Inter-action)
INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing
KUB780
IT Law 780
(15)
(15)
(15)
(15)
(15)
(15)
(15)
(15)
(15)
INF 714
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.
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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:
[email protected]
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.
International students should consult UP’s website for additional information:
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=92
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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:
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
http://www.m-w.com/ [Accessed 03 September 2002]
The Encyclopædia Britannica defines plagiarism as:
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.
"plagiarism" Encyclopædia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=61807 [Accessed
September 3, 2002].
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Plagiarism is illegal and you can be expelled from the university if you plagiarise.
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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
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http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
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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.
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.
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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:
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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 …
BOOK – WITH SUBTITLE:
According to Halliman (2001: 100-105) …
SHINGHAL, R. 1992. Formal concepts in artificial intelligence. London: Chapman & Hall.
BOOK – LATER EDITION:
"Direct quote…" (Rob & Coronel, 2000: 100).
BOOK – TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Berson & Smith, 1997: 100, 200, 300).
BOOK – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
Hancox et al. (1990: 100) said: "Direct quote…."
BOOK – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR:
In a critical bibliography, Modern historians on British history
(1970: 22), it is assumed that …
BOOK – AUTHOR = INSTITUTION:
Paraphrased info … (University of Pretoria, Faculty of Economics
and Management Sciences, 1987: 4)
BOOK – AUTHOR = GOVERNMENT:
Paraphrased information … (South Africa, Department of
Constitutional Development, 1993: 100).
BOOK – CONFERENCE PROCEEDING:
Paraphrased information … (International scientific symposium,
1989: 100).
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.
ROB, P. & CORONEL, C. 2000. Database systems: design, implementation, and management, 4th ed.
Cambridge, MA: Course Technology.
BERSON, A. & SMITH, S.J. 1997. Data warehousing, data mining, and OLAP. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
HANCOX, P.J., MILLS, W.J. & REID, B.J. 1990. Keyguide to information sources in artificial intelligence /
expert systems. Lawrence, KS: Ergosyst.
Modern historians on British history: 1485-1945: a critical bibliography. 1970. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University Press.
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences. 1987. Guidelines for the
preparation of assignments.
South Africa. Department of Constitutional Development. 1993. Negotiating a democratic South Africa.
Pretoria: Government Printer.
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).
BOOK – TRANSLATED:
Paraphrased information … (Mayr, 1992: 100).
BOOK – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR, TRANSLATED:
Paraphrased information … (Anonymous, 1960: 100).
BOOK IN PARTS:
Paraphrased information … (McDonald, 1968: 100).
BOOK – PART OF SERIES:
Paraphrased information … (Sparck Jones & Galliers, 1996: 100).
BOOK – AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTION IN BOOK EDITED BY SOMEONE
ELSE:
Paraphrased information … (Strzalkowski & Perez-Carballo, 1999:
114-115).
BOOK, NO DATE:
Paraphrased information … (Author, s.a..: 100).
Paraphrased information … (Author, n.d.: 100).
Geparafraseerde inligting ... (Outeur, s.j.: 100).
BOOK – ACADEMIC DISSERTATIONS AND THESES:
Paraphrased information … (Silvestro, 1984: 100).
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Hasselhoff, 1975: 98).
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Varley & Immelman, 1972).
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
"et al." may be used.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Phoenicia, 1958).
JOURNAL ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Pavlov, 1998: 55).
JOURNAL ARTICLE – TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Latteux & Thierrion, 1938).
JOURNAL ARTICLE – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS:
Paraphrased information … (Cocklin, Gray & Smit, 1983).
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.
MAYR, H. 1992. A guide to fossils. Translated by D. Dineley & G. Windsor. Princeton, NJ: University Press.
Anonymous. The song of Roland. Translated by F.B. Lanquines. 1960. New York, BY: Macmillan.
MCDONALD, L.C. 1968. Western political theory. Part 1: Ancient and medieval. New York, NY: Harcourt.
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.)
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.)
AUTHOR, A.A. s.a. Title. Place: Publisher.
AUTHOR, A.A. n.d. Title. Place: Publisher.
OUTEUR, A.A. s.j. Titel. Plek: Uitgewer.
SILVESTRO, K.C. 1984. Computer knowledge acquisition from natural language explanations. Ann Arbor,
MI: University Microfilms International. (Ph.D. dissertation. The University of Connecticut.)
HASSELHOFF, A. 1975. Illuminated manuscripts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 12, p. 95-100.
VARLEY, D.H. & IMMELMAN, R.F.M. 1972. Libraries. Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, vol. 6, p.
618.
Phoenicia. 1958. The encyclopaedia Americana, vol. 6, p. 28.
PAVLOV, S. 1998. Sofia's choice. Bulletin of the atomic scientists, May/June 1998, vol. 54, no. 3, p. 52-57.
LATTEUX, M. & THIERRION, G. 1938. Semi-discrete context free languages. International journal of
computer mathematics, March 1938, vol. 8, p. 3.
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).
PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY:
Paraphrased information …(Henczel, 2000: 211).
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL:
Paraphrased information …(Roberts, 1996).
PUBLISHED PAPER AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY:
Paraphrased information … (Hearst, 1999).
NEWSPAPER REPORT/ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR:
Paraphrased information … (Peterson, 1987).
NEWSPAPER REPORT/ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS:
Paraphrased information … (Red-light row, 1987).
REPRODUCTION:
Paraphrased information … (Smith, 1972).
CLASS NOTES (usually not acceptable):
Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001a: 3).
LETTER:
Paraphrased information … (Elazar, 1998).
MICROFORM:
Paraphrased information … (Chu & Schramm, 1967: 100).
SOUND RECORDING:
Paraphrased information … (Mandela, 1996).
MORE THAN ONE SOURCE BY ONE AUTHOR, DIFFERENT YEARS:
Paraphrased information … (Stair & Reynolds, 1998: 100).
Paraphrased information … (Stair & Reynolds, 2001: 100).
MORE THAN ONE SOURCE BY ONE AUTHOR, SAME YEAR:
Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001a: 3).
Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001b: 3).
Administration of technical information groups. 1959. Canadian journal of chemistry, January 1959, vol.
30, no. 1, p. 7-14.
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].
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].
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].
PETERSON, C. 1987. Falklanders fear weakening of UK resolve. Pretoria News, 21 January 1987, p. 12.
Red-light row: council split over call to set up legalised brothels. 1987. Sunday Times Metro, 1 January
1987, p. 1.
SMITH, J.B. 1972. Vertaling as 'n beroep. Fotostaat, Pretoria, Oktober 1972.
VIKTOR, H. 2001. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 1. Pretoria: University of Pretoria. (Class
notes.)
ELAZAR, D. 1998. Letter to Walt Crawford, Israel Aircraft Industries, 1 June 1998.
CHU, G.C. & SCHRAMM, W. 1967. Learning from television. Bethesda, Md: ERIC Document Reproduction
Service, ED 014900.
Mandela, N. 1996. Interview with Max du Preez, SABC, 14 April 1996.
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.
VIKTOR, H. 2001a. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 1. Pretoria: University of Pretoria. (Class
notes.)
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MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR WITH SAME SURNAME:
E. van Wyk (1972: 14) independently reached the same 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).
WEBSITE:
Paraphrased information … (Ananyan & Kharlamov, n.d.).
Paraphrased information … (Van Gemert, 2000).
E-MAIL:
Paraphrased information … (Barry, 1995).
VIKTOR, H. 2001b. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 2. Pretoria: University of Pretoria. (Class
notes.)
VAN WYK, E. 1972…
VAN WYK, T. 1970…
Listed separately in the usual way.
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].
THOMSON, B. Virtual reality. Personal e-mail (25 Jan. 1995).
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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
GROUP ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE
GROEPSOPDRAG VOORBLAD
Student Number / Studentenommer
Surname / Van
Module Code / Modulekode
Initials /
Voorletters
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
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