Course Title: Industry Awareness Project

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Industry Awareness Project

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

INTE1130

City Campus

Postgraduate

145H Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2006,
Sem 2 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 1 2008,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 1 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 1 2016,
Sem 2 2016

INTE1130

City Campus

Postgraduate

171H School of Science

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2017,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Dr. Mahshid Sadeghpour

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: mahshid.sadeghpour@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment, by email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of courses.

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.


Course Description

INTE1130 Industry Awareness Project is the initial component of a 24-credit point capstone sequence. The subsequent component is INTE1131Industry Linkage Project.  
Both capstone courses build on the capabilities acquired during your previous and concurrent studies within MC159 Master of Cybersecurity.  
Cybersecurity professionals are routinely required to access, investigate, synthesise and critically assess the quality and relevance of information, generate solutions to problems and devise a variety of implementation strategies. 
In INTE1130 Industry Awareness Project you will conduct a substantial literature based project on a contemporary industry cybersecurity challenge  that demonstrates elements of research and inquiry. Following on from INTE1130 is INTE1131 Industry Linkage Project which provides the opportunity to implement the ideas that were researched in INTE1130 and engage with an industry partner. 
In INTE1130 Industry Awareness Project you will put into practice ideas you have been nurturing regarding pursuit of a professional career or postgraduate research in a particular sphere of information security or other IT related field. You will investigate the requisite information to develop real world solutions to real world cybersecurity problems in that area. You will be expected to work in teams to complete a literature survey; identify the project you propose to undertake; and relate it to a contemporary industry scenario. This will involve advanced internet/data base searching, critical evaluation of academic literature, business reports, government publications and news sources.  
This course includes a Work Integrated Learning component in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. The WIL component requires you to contact potential industry partners and request feedback on your proposed research topic. This component must be documented. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for MC159 Master of Cyber Security:

International Orientation and Strategic Thinking

• Graduates will have a strategic and practical overview of the issues in information security and assurance.

Critical Analysis and Problem Solving

In this area graduates will possess the ability to
• Evaluate information security risks across diverse service settings including the Internet and WWW based commerce systems, high bandwidth digital communications and funds transfer services,
• Undertake professional careers or postgraduate research in information security or other IT related fields, acquiring the required information needed to identify real world solutions to real world information security problems.

Communication

• Graduates will have the ability to communicate both technical and non-technical material in a range of forms (written, electronic, graphic, oral) and to tailor the style and means of communication to different audiences.

Ethical Values

• Graduates will exhibit an ability to appreciate the ethical considerations that inform judgments and decision making in academic and professional settings.

Self-Management, Teamwork and Leadership

• Graduates will possess the ability to work effectively within and potentially as a leader of an interdisciplinary team.


On completion of the course, you should be able to: 

  1. Efficiently access library facilities and electronic information systems in order to find literature relevant to a contemporary challenge;
  2. Critically assess published work, use a range of sources to identify the issues, and recognise that different sources will present different perspectives;
  3. Use information for decision making and problem solving;
  4. Present, in a professional manner, written and oral reports on the topic under consideration which discriminate between commenting on and copying of information;
  5. Apply your investigative and reporting skills to the implementation of evidence-based solutions to real world situations; 
  6. Apply aspects of project management practices and team dynamics to support a team to complete a project.  


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be required to form a small team, and will be allocated a mentor. You should attend regular meetings with your team and project mentor to identify a project and decide the necessary focus before you start practical work on the project. Teams are required to use project management practices to plan tasks and record progress. 

Canvas will be used for communication and assessment submissions throughout.

Teams are expected to initiate meetings with their mentor at mutually agreed intervals. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1:  Project proposal, progress reports and drafts 
Weighting 25% 
This assessment task supports CLO  1 

Assessment Task 2: Formal written final report 
Weighting 50% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3, 4, 5 

Assessment Task 3: Peer review 
Weighting 5% 
This assessment task supports CLO 6 

Assessment Task 4: Presentation of findings to peers 
Weighting 20%   
This assessment supports CLOs 4, 5 

Assessment in this course may also contribute towards assessment in INTE1131

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.