Department of Informatics
BCom Hons (Informatics)
2015
BCOMHONS(INFORMATICS)
(07240172)
DEPARTMENTOFINFORMATICS
UNIVERSITYOFPRETORIA
2015:Program1
Table of Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................. 2 INFORMATICS HONOURS 2015 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS ................................................................................ 3 First semester 2015 ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Second semester 2015 .................................................................................................................................. 3 INFORMATICS HONOURS 2015 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS ................................................................................. 3 DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2015 ................................................................................................ 5 DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2015 ........................................................................................... 6 INFORMATICS HONOURS 2015 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES ...................................................................... 7 First semester 2015 ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Second semester 2015 .................................................................................................................................. 7 SYLLABI .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 YEARBOOK 2015 ............................................................................................................................................ 9 E‐MAIL ADDRESS POLICY ............................................................................................................................. 10 IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WEB ADDRESSES ................................................................................... 11 International students should consult UP’s website for additional information: ...................................... 11 PLAGIARISM ................................................................................................................................................ 12 How to avoid plagiarism: ............................................................................................................................ 12 You may use material written by other people, but then the thing to do is to cite the material: ............. 13 Harvard Style: .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for students .................................................................................................. 13 What is plagiarism? 13 HARVARD REFERENCING, based on and adapted from: ............................................................................. 14 Subject to change. 1
Page 1 of 20 GENERAL INFORMATION
1. In total there are nine two hour contact sessions with lecturers (18 hours class contact). Class attendance is compulsory. 2. During the first semester students have classes on eight Fridays from 08:00 to 17:15. During the second semester classes are presented on eight Fridays from 08:00 to 19:30; in addition, the schedule for KUB780 is available from Mercantile Law. 3. Part‐time (working) students need to take only 8 Friday afternoons leave per semester to attend classes (13:00‐17:30) ‐ the allocation of courses either for the first or second semester will not change from year to year, but the allocation to Friday mornings and afternoons rotates as far as possible annually. 4. INF714 (Research methodology) is a prerequisite (50% must be attained) for INF780 (Research paper). Both courses are compulsory. 5. Registration: Online only, from the 5th of January 2015 6. Classes start on 06 February 2015 7. Enquiries: Mrs Rhona van der Merwe (rhona.vandermerwe@up.ac.za or 012 420‐6321). 8. 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 9. 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. 10. At least five courses must be taken from this 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. 11. 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 (rhona.vandermerwe@up.ac.za) including a resume stating all details of such experience is required for evaluation. 12. 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 enrol 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 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. 13. 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. Page 2 of 20 INFORMATICS HONOURS 2015 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS
First semester 2015
INF713 E‐Commerce INF714 Research methodology (compulsory) Advance Database System
INF785 INF787 INF788 Managing end‐users and projects IS Development Prof Carina de Villiers Prof Ian Strydom Prof Alta vd Merwe Prof Machdel Matthee Dr Henk Pretorius
Carina.devilliers@up.ac.za Ian.strydom@up.ac.za alta@up.ac.za machdel.matthee@up.ac.za henk.pretorius@up.ac.za
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Prof Awie Leonard Prof Neels Kruger Dr Rennie Naidoo
Dr Phil van Deventer Awie.leonard@up.ac.za Neels.kruger@up.ac.za Rennie.naidoo@up.ac.za
Phil.vandeventer@up.ac.za 0124203375 0124205322 0124203351
0124205219 Dr Phil van Deventer Prof Neels Kruger Dr Neil Croft Dr Henk Pretorius Prof Alta vd Merwe phil.vandeventer@up.ac.za neels.kruger@up.ac.za Neil.croft@up.ac.za
Henk.pretorius@up.ac.za alta@up.ac.za 0124205219 0124205322 0124203367
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0124203798 Prof Helene Gelderbom Helene.gelderblom@up.ac.za
0124203352 Second semester 2015
INF715 Enterprise architecture INF716 Mobile Computing
INF780 Research Project (Compulsory) INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing
KUB780 IT Law Mr Jaco Pretorius Jaco.pretorius@up.ac.za To be organized by Mercantile Law 0124204189 INFORMATICS HONOURS 2015 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS
Handbooks will be announced on ClickUP. Subject Prescribed/Recommended ISBN INF713 9780273752011 Prescribed INF714 Prescribed 9781412902243 Recommended 9780205457939 Recommended 9780958500715 Title E‐Business and E‐
Commerce Management Researching Information Systems and Computing Social Research Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches Constructing a Good Dissertation: A Authors Chaffey Dave Oates, Briony J Neuman W Lawrence Hofstee, Erik Page 3 of 20 Recommended 9781849200158 INF785 Prescribed 9780470462072 Recommended 9780471255475 INF787 Prescribed 9781133627227 INF788 Prescribed 9780077114176 Practical Guide to finishing a Masters, MBA or PhD on Schedule Theory and Methods in Social Research 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 Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools Lewin, Cathy; Somekh Bridget Ponniah, Paulraj Kimball,Ralph; Reeves, Laura; Ross Margy; Thornthwaite Warren Schwalbe, Kathy Avison, David; Fritzgerald, G Page 4 of 20 DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2015
DATES 2015 FIRST SEMESTER MEETING 1 Fr 6 Febr 08:00‐10:00 Fr 6 Febr 10:15‐12:15 Fr 6 Febr 13:00‐15:00 Fri 6 Febr 15:15‐17:15 Fri 6 Febr 17:30‐19:30 MEETING 2 Fr 27 Feb 08:00‐10:00 Fr 27 Feb 10:15‐12:15 Fr 27 Feb 13:00‐15:00 Fr 27 Feb 15:15‐17:15 Fr 27 Feb 17:30–19:30 MEETING 3 Fr 20 Mar 08:00‐10:00 Fr 20 Mar 10:15‐12:15 Fr 20 Mar 13:00‐15:00 Fr 20 Mar 15:15‐17:15 Fr 20 Mar 17:30‐19:30 MEETING 4 Fr 27 Mar 08:00‐10:00 Fr 27 Mar 10:15‐12:15 Fr 27 Mar 13:00‐15:00 Fr 27 Mar 15:15‐17:15 Fr 27 Mar 17:30‐19:30 MEETING 5 FR 17 April 08:00 ‐17:00 COURSE CODE INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 COURSE NAME VENUE Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce Presentations by Industry IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 MEETING 6 Fr 24 Apr 08:00‐10:00 Fr 24 Apr 10:15‐12:15 Fr 24 Apr 13:00‐15:00 Fr 24 Apr 15:15‐17:15 Fr 24 Apr 17:30‐19:30 MEETING 7 Fr 15 May 08:00‐10:00 Fr 15 May 10:15‐12:15 Fr 15 May 13:00‐15:00 Fr 15 May 15:15‐17:15 Fr 15 May 17:30‐19:30 MEETING 8 Fr 29 May 08:00‐10:00 Fr 29 May 10:15‐12:15 Fr 29 May 13:00‐15:00 Fr 29 May 15:15‐17:15 Fr 29 May 17:30‐19:30 MEETING 9 INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers Page 5 of 20 Fr 5 June 08:00‐10:00 Fr 5 June 10:15‐12:15 Fr 5 June 13:00‐15:00 Fr 5 June 15:15‐17:15 Fr 5 June 17:30‐19:30 INF785 INF788 INF714 INF787 INF713 Advance Database Systems IS Development Research Methodology Managing end‐users and projects E‐Commerce IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2015
DATES 2015 SECOND SEMESTER MEETING 1 Fr 24 Jul 08:00‐10:00 Fr 24 Jul 10:15‐12:15 Fr 24 Jul 13:00‐15:00 Fr 24 Jul 15:15‐17:15 MEETING 2 Fr 31 Jul 08:00‐10:00 Fr 31 Jul 10:15‐12:15 Fr 31 Jul 13:00‐15:00 Fr 31 Jul 15:15 ‐17:15 MEETING 3 Fr 14 Aug 08:00‐10:00 Fr 14 Aug 10:15‐12:15 Fr 14 Aug 13:00‐15:00 Fr 14 Aug 15:15‐17:15 MEETING 4 Fr 28 Aug 08:00‐10:00 Fr 28 Aug 10:15‐12:15 Fr 28 Aug 13:00‐15:00 Fr 28 Aug 15:15‐17:15 MEETING 5 Fr 4 Sept 08:00‐10:00 Fr 4 Sept 10:15‐12:15 Fr 4 Sept 13:00‐15:00 Fr 4 Sept 15:15‐17:15 MEETING 6 Fr 18 Sept 08:00‐10:00 Fr 18 Sept 10:15‐12:15 Fr 18 Sept 13:00‐15:00 Fr 18 Sept 15:15‐17:15 MEETING 7 Fr 16 Oct 08:00‐10:00 Fr 16 Oct 10:15‐12:15 Fr 16 Oct 13:00‐15:00 Fr 16 Oct 15:15‐17:15 MEETING 8 Fr 30 Oct 08:00‐10:00 Fr 30 Oct 10:15‐12:15 Fr 30 Oct 13:00‐15:00 Fr 30 Oct 15:15‐17:15 COURSE CODE INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 INF791 INF715 INF716 INF790 COURSE NAME Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing Enterprise Architecture Mobile Computing HCI VENUE IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers SRC Chambers IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 IT Building 2‐27 Conference Hall 100 Conference Hall 100 Conference Hall 100 Conference Hall 100 Conference Hall 100 Conference Hall 100 Conference Hall 100 Conference Hall 100 Page 6 of 20 KUB780 IT Law will be presented by the Department of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law. Contact: Sylvia Papadopoulos E‐mail: sylvia.papadopoulos@up.ac.za Tel: (012) 4203859 INFORMATICS HONOURS 2015 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES
First semester 2015
Written examination / Examination assignment hand‐in dates INF713 E‐Commerce Wednesday, 17 June 2015 (14:00‐17:00) Research methodology Friday, 12 June 2015 on/before 16:00 INF714 (compulsory) (no late submissions will be accepted) INF785 Advance Database Systems Friday, 19 June 2015 (14:00‐17:00) Managing end‐users and INF787 Tuesday, 23 June 2015 (14:00 – 17:00) projects INF788 IS Development Friday, 26 June 2015 (14:00‐17:00) CBT Lab Dept. CBT Lab CBT Lab CBT Lab Second semester 2015
Written examination / Examination assignment hand‐in dates Research papers: final Friday, 30 Oct. 2015, 12:00 INF780 submission (compulsory) (no late submissions will be accepted) INF715 Enterprise architecture Friday, 6 Nov. (14:00 – 17:00) INF716 Mobile Computing Tuesday, 10 Nov. (1400 ‐ 17:00) INF790 HCI Tuesday, 17 Nov (14:00‐17:00) Knowledge acquisition and INF791 Monday, 23 Nov (14:00 – 17:00) sharing KUB780 IT Law To be arranged by Mercantile Law Dept CBT Lab CBT Lab CBT Lab CBT Lab Page 7 of 20 SYLLABI
INF713E‐Commerce
The analysis of the management, innovation and information systems aspects of the use of e‐business technology and strategies. INF714Researchmethodology(onlyforInformaticsstudents)(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. INF715Enterprisearchitecture
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. INF716MobileComputing
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.
INF780Researchpaper(onlyforInformaticsstudents)(compulsory)
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A research paper on a topic from the field of Informatics Prerequisite: INF714 (passed with at least 50%) INF785Advanceddatabasesystems
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. INF787Managingendusersandprojects
Main emphasis will be on IS project management using a case study to get practical experience in project management. INF788ISDevelopment
Study and evaluation of different systems development methodologies Page 8 of 20 INF790HumanComputerInter‐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.
INF791Knowledgeacquisitionandsharing
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 KUB780ITLaw
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 2015
 Informatics (07240172)
(informatics@up.ac.za) (rhona.vandermerwe@up.ac.za)
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 Page 9 of 20 candidate does not have a BCom degree, certain basic courses have to be passed before the degree will be awarded.) 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 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) INF716 IT Service Management (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. ---oooOooo---
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. Page 10 of 20 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: snumber@tuks.co.za
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 csc@up.ac.za (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 (dawn.taljaard@up.ac.za). Information Science: http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=2074 OR 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 csc@up.ac.za for information on other courses. 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: Page 11 of 20 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 rhona.vandermerwe@up.ac.za For administrative matters regarding Informatics’s honours, master’s and PhD (Informatics) courses, please contact Mrs Catharina Muller at catharina.muller@up.ac.za For administrative matters regarding the doctoral programme PhD(IT), please contact Mrs Stefanie Steenberg at stefanie.steenberg@up.ac.za 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].  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. 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 
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Avoiding Plagiarism http://sja.ucdavis.edu/avoid.htm#mexamples Page 12 of 20 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. 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.
Page 13 of 20 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.) REFERENCEINTHEESSAY
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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). BOOK – COMPILED/EDITED: The meaning of the word précis is summary or abstract (Concise 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.) 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. Page 14 of 20 Oxford dictionary of current English, 1995: 937). BOOK – TRANSLATED: Paraphrased information … (Mayr, 1992: 100). 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