11210 (v.4) Information Studies 503 - Information Design


Area: Department of Media and Information
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 
Syllabus: The basic principles involved in structuring information objects and creating the metadata which makes them retrievable. Topics may include - information structures, hypertext, markup languages, databases, automatic and derived indexing, metadata and description, DTDs and schemas, indexing languages, standards and standards organisations, categorisation and subject analysis, evaluation of retrieval effectiveness. Practical workshops introduce students to international standards for information organisation.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 
Field of Education: 091301 Librarianship and Information Management
Funding Cluster: 05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     Y  
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y     Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External