Course Coordinator:Elham Falatoonitoosi (efalato1@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
This course has been designed in response to the rapid transformation driven by digitalisation, emerging technologies, and new business models. It equips students with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to analyse, design, and manage digital opportunities that enable strategic growth, innovation, and organisational change. Students will explore how digital transformation reshapes modern enterprises through topics such as AI and business intelligence, data analytics, cloud platforms, enterprise systems, and agile project delivery. Emphasis is placed on developing critical and creative thinking around digital disruption, ethical decision-making, and the use of digital technologies to create business value.
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Learning materials – Pre-recorded concept videos and associated activities | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – In-class workshops | 2hrs | Week 1 | 11 times |
| Online | |||
| Learning materials – Pre-recorded concept videos and associated activities | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Online workshop | 2hrs | Week 1 | 11 times |
Digital Transformation and the Modern Enterprise
Emerging Technologies and Digital Innovation
Digital Disruption and Business Models
Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Ethics and Responsible AI
Networks: An Interconnected World
Digital Platforms and Cloud Architecture
Data, Analytics and Business Intelligence
Ecommerce
Enterprise Systems
Risk, Compliance and organisational culture (Secure information system)
Agile and Digital Project Basics
100 Level (Introductory)
12 units
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
| 1 | Apply digital tools in a business context. | Empowered |
PC1.3
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| 2 | Discuss key concepts in digital transformation, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence, and their impact on business strategy and operations. |
Knowledgeable Ethical Sustainability-focussed |
PC6, PC6.2 |
| 3 | Apply ethical, socially responsible, and sustainable principles when analysing or recommending digital business solutions. | Sustainability-focussed |
PC4
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| 4 | Design and present actionable business solutions through digital portfolios, leveraging enterprise systems, process mapping, and data analytics. |
Engaged Communication |
PC1.1
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| 5 | Recognise and evaluate the effects of digital disruption and innovative business models within modern organisations. | Creative and critical thinker |
PC3, PC6, PC6.2 |
| CODE | COMPETENCY |
| Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
| PC1.1 | Written Communication |
| PC1.3 | Digital Literacy |
| PC3 | Creative and Critical Thinking |
| PC4 | Community Consciousness |
| PC6 | Career-ready |
| PC6.2 | Discipline Knowledge |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
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ACC108
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Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Early and formative feedback, along with a three-stage progress check based on the completion of learning activities, will be provided during workshops to help students monitor their understanding and track their progress.
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Artefact - Creative, and Oral | Individual | 50% | 5-minute walkthrough presentation accompanied by a visual journey map. |
Week 6 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 2 | Artefact - Creative, and Oral | Individual | 50% | 5-minute presentation accompanied by a visual digital portfolio. |
Week 12 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
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| Goal: | To foster a holistic ability to analyse and communicate the impact of digital transformation by developing systems thinking, critical reflection, and empathy for stakeholders. Students will break down complex organisational workflows into clear before-and-after digital journeys, apply concepts from digital disruption and artificial intelligence, and thoughtfully consider technological, ethical, and strategic implications for all affected groups. In doing so, they connect theory to practice and build a user-focused, reflective mindset—skills essential for future-ready business professionals. |
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| Format: | Artefact and Video Presentation |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Organisation, Applying technologies, Information literacy |
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| Goal: | To showcase your ability to apply digital business tools and concepts to real-world problems by creating and presenting authentic, practical solutions that showcase your digital literacy, analytical skills, and growth as a future-ready business professional. |
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| Format: | You will present a portfolio of artefacts created throughout the trimester. More details are available on Canvas. |
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A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Recommended | Ralph Stair/George Reynolds | 2020 | Principles of Information Systems | 14th edn. | Cengage |
Computer labs for workshop
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.
The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
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