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School of Information Technology Skool vir Inligtingtegnologie Department of Informatics Departement Informatika Honours Brochure 2016 Honneursbrosjure 2016 Last Revision: 12 October 2015 © Copyright reserved

BCOM HONS (INFORMATICS) (07240172)

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

2016: Program1

Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................. 1

INFORMATICS HONOURS 2016 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS ................................................................................ 2

First semester 2016 ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Second semester 2016 .................................................................................................................................. 2

INFORMATICS HONOURS 2016 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS ................................................................................. 3

DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2016 ................................................................................................ 4

DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2016 ........................................................................................... 5

INFORMATICS HONOURS 2016 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES ...................................................................... 6

First semester 2016 ....................................................................................................................................... 6

Second semester 2016 .................................................................................................................................. 7

SYLLABI .......................................................................................................................................................... 8

YEARBOOK 2016 ............................................................................................................................................ 9

E-MAIL ADDRESS POLICY ............................................................................................................................. 10

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WEB ADDRESSES ................................................................................... 10

International students should consult UP’s website for additional information: ...................................... 11

PLAGIARISM ................................................................................................................................................ 11

HARVARD REFERENCING, based on and adapted from: ............................................................................. 14

1 Subject to change.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

1. During the first and second semester students have classes on eight Fridays from 07:45 to 16:45. 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 4th of January 2016 5. Classes start on 05 February 2016 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 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.

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.

http://informatics.up.ac.za/masters

http://informatics.up.ac.za/doctoral

http://informatics.up.ac.za/hons

http://informatics.up.ac.za/postgrad

mailto:[email protected]

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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2016 – LECTURERS’ DETAILS

First semester 2016

INF714 Research methodology (compulsory)

To be announced

INF785 Advance Database System

To be announced

INF787 Managing end-users and projects

To be announced

INF788 IS Development To be announced

INF790 HCI (Capita Selecta) To be announced

Second semester 2016

INF713 or 782

E-Commerce To be announced

INF715 Enterprise architecture To be announced

INF716 Mobile Computing To be announced

INF780 Research Project (Compulsory)

To be announced

INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing

To be announced

KUB780 IT Law Will only be presented in 2017.

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INFORMATICS HONOURS 2016 – PRESCRIBED BOOKS

Handbooks will be announced on ClickUP.

Subject Prescribed/Recommended ISBN Title Authors

INF713 or 782

Prescribed 9780273752011 E-Business and E-Commerce Management

Chaffey Dave

INF714 Prescribed 9781412902243 Researching Information Systems and Computing

Oates, Briony J

INF785 Prescribed 9780470462072 Data Warehousing Fundamentals for IT Professionals : A Comprehensive Guide for IT Professionals

Ponniah, Paulraj

Recommended 9780471255475 The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit: Tools and Techniques for Designing, Developing and Deploying Data Marts and Data Warehouses

Kimball,Ralph; Reeves, Laura; Ross Margy; Thornthwaite Warren

INF787 Prescribed 9781133627227 Information Technology Project Management

Schwalbe, Kathy

INF788 Prescribed 9781312665989 Modern ERP: Select, Implement, and Use Today’s Advanced Business Systems

Lulu

9780077114176 Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools

Avison, David; Fritzgerald, G

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DATES AND VENUES: FIRST SEMESTER 2016

DATES 2016 FIRST SEMESTER

COURSE CODE

COURSE NAME VENUE

MEETING 1

Fr 5 Febr 07:45- 09:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects

Fr 5 Febr 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27

Fr 5 Febr 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27

LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30

Fri 5 Febr 13:30-15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27

Fri 5 Febr 15:15-16:45 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27

MEETING 2

Fr 19 Feb 07:45- 09:45 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27

Fr 19 Feb 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27

Fr 19 Feb 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27

LUNCH HOUR 12:45-13:30 IT Building 2-27

Fr 19 Feb 13:30-15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27

Fr 19 Feb 15:15-16:45 INF788 IS Development

MEETING 3

Fr 4 Mar 07:45-09:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27

Fr 4 Mar 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27

Fr 4 Mar 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27


Fr 4 Mar 13:30-15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27

Fr 4 Mar 15:15-16:45 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27

MEETING 4

Fr 18 Mar 07:45-09:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27

Fr 18 Mar 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27

Fr 18 Mar 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27


Fr 18 Mar 13:30 -15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27

Fr 18 Mar 15:15-16:45 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27

MEETING 5

Fr 8 Apr 07:45-09:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27

Fr 8 Apr 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27

Fr 8 Apr 11:15 – 12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27


Fr 8 Apr 13:30 -15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27

Fr 8 Apr 15:15-16:45 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27

MEETING 6

Fr 6 May 07:45-09:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27

Fr 6 May 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27

Fr 6 May 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27


Fr 6 May 13:30 – 15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27

Fr 6 May 15:15 – 16:45 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27

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MEETING 7

Fr 20 May 07:45-09:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects SRC CHAMBERS

Fr 20 May 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI SRC CHAMBERS

Fr 20 May 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology SRC CHAMBERS


Fr 20 May 13:30-15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems SRC CHAMBERS

Fr 20 May 15:15-16:45 INF788 IS Development SRC CHAMBERS

MEETING 8

Fr 3 June 07:45-09:15 INF787 Managing end-users and projects IT Building 2-27

Fr 3 June 09:30-11:00 INF790 HCI IT Building 2-27

Fr 3 June 11:15-12:45 INF714 Research Methodology IT Building 2-27


Fr 3 June 13:30-15:00 INF785 Advance Database Systems IT Building 2-27

Fr 3 June 15:15-16:45 INF788 IS Development IT Building 2-27

DATES AND VENUES: SECOND SEMESTER 2016

DATES 2016 SECOND SEMESTER

COURSE CODE

COURSE NAME VENUE

MEETING 1

Fr 22 Jul 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27

Fr 22 Jul 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing IT Building 2-27

Fr 22 Jul 11:15-12:45 INF780 Research Paper IT Building 2-27


Fr 22 Jul 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27

Fr 22 Jul 15:15-16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27

MEETING 2

Fr 5 Aug 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27

Fr 5 Aug 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing IT Building 2-27

Fr 5 Aug 11:15-12:45 INF780 Research Paper IT Building 2-27


Fr 5 Aug 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27

Fr 5 Aug 15:15 -16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27

MEETING 3

Fr 19 Aug 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27

Fr 19 Aug 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing IT Building 2-27

Fr 19Aug 11:15-12:45 INF780 Research Paper


Fr 19 Aug 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27

Fr 19 Aug 15:15-16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27

MEETING 4

Fr 2 Sept 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce SRC CHAMBERS

Fr 2 Sept 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing SRC CHAMBERS

Fr 2 Sept 11:15-12:45 INF780 Research Paper


Fr 2 Sept 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture SRC CHAMBERS

Fr 2 Sept 15:15-16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing SRC CHAMBERS

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MEETING 5

Fr 16 Sept 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27

Fr 16 Sept 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing IT Building 2-27



Fr 16 Sept 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27

Fr 16 Sept 15:15-16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27

MEETING 6

Fr 30 Sept 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce IT Building 2-27

Fr 30 Sept 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing IT Building 2-27



Fr 30 Sept 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture IT Building 2-27

Fr 30 Sept 15:15-16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing IT Building 2-27

MEETING 7

Fr 14 Oct 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce CONFERENCE 100

Fr 14 Oct 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing CONFERENCE 100

Fr 14 Oct 11:15-12:45 INF780 Research Paper


Fr 14 Oct 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture CONFERENCE 100

Fr 14 Oct 15:15-16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing CONFERENCE 100

MEETING 8

Fr 28 Oct 07:45-09:15 INF713 E-Commerce CONFERENCE 100

Fr 28 Oct 09:30-11:00 INF716 Mobile Computing CONFERENCE 100

Fr 28 Oct 11:15-12:45 INF780 Research Paper


Fr 28 Oct 13:30-15:00 INF715 Enterprise Architecture CONFERENCE 100

Fr 28 Oct 15:15-16:45 INF791 Knowledge Acquisition & Sharing CONFERENCE 100

KUB780 IT Law – Will only be presented in 2017

INFORMATICS HONOURS 2016 – EXAM DATES AND VENUES

First semester 2016

Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates

INF790 HCI Tuesday, 14 June 2016 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab

INF714 Research methodology (compulsory)

Friday, 10 June 2016 (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab.

INF785 Advance Database Systems Tuesday, 21 June 2016 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab

INF787 Managing end-users and projects

Friday, 24 June 2016 (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab

INF788 IS Development Tuesday, 28 June 2015 (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab

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Second semester 2016

Written examination / Examination assignment hand-in dates

INF780 Research papers: final submission (compulsory)

Friday, 4 Nov. 2016, 12:00 (no late submissions will be accepted)

Dept

INF715 Enterprise architecture Tuesday, 8 Nov. (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab

INF716 Mobile Computing Friday, 11 Nov. (1400 - 17:00) CBT Lab

INF713 or 782

E-commerce Tuesday, 15 Nov (14:00-17:00) CBT Lab


Friday, 18 Nov (14:00 – 17:00) CBT Lab

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SYLLABI

INF713 or 782 E-Commerce

The analysis of the management, innovation and information systems aspects of the use of e-business technology

and strategies.

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.

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

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.


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

YEARBOOK 2016

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.)

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 Mobile Computing (15) INF785 Advanced Database Systems 785 (15) INF787 Managing end-users and projects (15) INF788 IS Development (15)


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INF790 HCI (Human Computer Inter-action) (15) INF791 Knowledge acquisition and sharing (15) 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.

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


http://informatics.up.ac.za/masters

http://informatics.up.ac.za/doctoral

http://informatics.up.ac.za/hons

http://informatics.up.ac.za/postgrad

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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=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 [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

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://sit.up.ac.za/


http://is.up.ac.za/

http://www.cs.up.ac.za/content.php?spc=dc

http://www.cs.up.ac.za/content.php?spc=dd



http://www.saqa.org.za/

http://www.ets.org/toefl

http://www.ielts.org/

http://scarlacc.up.ac.za/CEatUP/default.aspx




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http://www.m-w.com/ [Accessed 03 September 2002]

The Encyclopædia Britannica defines plagiarism as:

"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 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

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.

http://www.m-w.com/%20%5bAccessed

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=61807

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html

http://sja.ucdavis.edu/avoid.htm#mexamples

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Citations.html

http://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/citation/harvard.html

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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.

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HARVARD REFERENCING, based on and adapted from:

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 …

SHINGHAL, R. 1992. Formal concepts in artificial intelligence. London: Chapman & Hall.

BOOK – WITH SUBTITLE: According to Halliman (2001: 100-105) …

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.

BOOK – LATER EDITION: "Direct quote…" (Rob & Coronel, 2000: 100).

ROB, P. & CORONEL, C. 2000. Database systems: design, implementation, and management, 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Course Technology.

BOOK – TWO AUTHORS: Paraphrased information … (Berson & Smith, 1997: 100, 200, 300).

BERSON, A. & SMITH, S.J. 1997. Data warehousing, data mining, and OLAP. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

BOOK – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS: Hancox et al. (1990: 100) said: "Direct quote…."

HANCOX, P.J., MILLS, W.J. & REID, B.J. 1990. Keyguide to information sources in artificial intelligence / expert systems. Lawrence, KS: Ergosyst.

BOOK – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR: In a critical bibliography, Modern historians on British history (1970: 22), it is assumed that …

Modern historians on British history: 1485-1945: a critical bibliography. 1970. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

BOOK – AUTHOR = INSTITUTION: Paraphrased info … (University of Pretoria, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, 1987: 4)

University of Pretoria. Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences. 1987. Guidelines for the preparation of assignments.

BOOK – AUTHOR = GOVERNMENT: Paraphrased information … (South Africa, Department of Constitutional Development, 1993: 100).

South Africa. Department of Constitutional Development. 1993. Negotiating a democratic South Africa. Pretoria: Government Printer.

BOOK – CONFERENCE PROCEEDING: Paraphrased information … (International scientific symposium, 1989: 100).

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.)

BOOK – COMPILED/EDITED: Concise Oxford dictionary of current English: first edited by H.W. Fowler & F.G. Fowler, 8th ed. Edited by

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The meaning of the word précis is summary or abstract (Concise Oxford dictionary of current English, 1995: 937).

R.E. Allen. 1995. London: BCA.

BOOK – TRANSLATED: Paraphrased information … (Mayr, 1992: 100).

MAYR, H. 1992. A guide to fossils. Translated by D. Dineley & G. Windsor. Princeton, NJ: University Press.

BOOK – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR, TRANSLATED: Paraphrased information … (Anonymous, 1960: 100).

Anonymous. The song of Roland. Translated by F.B. Lanquines. 1960. New York, BY: Macmillan.

BOOK IN PARTS: Paraphrased information … (McDonald, 1968: 100).

MCDONALD, L.C. 1968. Western political theory. Part 1: Ancient and medieval. New York, NY: Harcourt.

BOOK – PART OF SERIES: Paraphrased information … (Sparck Jones & Galliers, 1996: 100).

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.)

BOOK – AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTION IN BOOK EDITED BY SOMEONE ELSE: Paraphrased information … (Strzalkowski & Perez-Carballo, 1999: 114-115).

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.)

BOOK, NO DATE: Paraphrased information … (Author, s.a..: 100). Paraphrased information … (Author, n.d.: 100). Geparafraseerde inligting ... (Outeur, s.j.: 100).

AUTHOR, A.A. s.a. Title. Place: Publisher. AUTHOR, A.A. n.d. Title. Place: Publisher. OUTEUR, A.A. s.j. Titel. Plek: Uitgewer.

BOOK – ACADEMIC DISSERTATIONS AND THESES: Paraphrased information … (Silvestro, 1984: 100).

SILVESTRO, K.C. 1984. Computer knowledge acquisition from natural language explanations. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International. (Ph.D. dissertation. The University of Connecticut.)

ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR: Paraphrased information … (Hasselhoff, 1975: 98).

HASSELHOFF, A. 1975. Illuminated manuscripts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 12, p. 95-100.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – TWO AUTHORS: Paraphrased information … (Varley & Immelman, 1972).

VARLEY, D.H. & IMMELMAN, R.F.M. 1972. Libraries. Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, vol. 6, p. 618.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS: "et al." may be used.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR: Paraphrased information … (Phoenicia, 1958).

Phoenicia. 1958. The encyclopaedia Americana, vol. 6, p. 28.

JOURNAL ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR: Paraphrased information … (Pavlov, 1998: 55).

PAVLOV, S. 1998. Sofia's choice. Bulletin of the atomic scientists, May/June 1998, vol. 54, no. 3, p. 52-57.

JOURNAL ARTICLE – TWO AUTHORS: Paraphrased information … (Latteux & Thierrion, 1938).

LATTEUX, M. & THIERRION, G. 1938. Semi-discrete context free languages. International journal of computer mathematics, March 1938, vol. 8, p. 3.

JOURNAL ARTICLE – MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS: Paraphrased information … (Cocklin, Gray & Smit, 1983).

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.

JOURNAL ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS AUTHOR: Administration of technical information groups. 1959. Canadian journal of chemistry, January 1959, vol.

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Paraphrased information … (Administration of technical information groups, 1959: 8).

30, no. 1, p. 7-14.

PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY: Paraphrased information …(Henczel, 2000: 211).

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].

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL: Paraphrased information …(Roberts, 1996).

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].

PUBLISHED PAPER AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY:

Paraphrased information … (Hearst, 1999). 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].

NEWSPAPER REPORT/ARTICLE – ONE AUTHOR: Paraphrased information … (Peterson, 1987).

PETERSON, C. 1987. Falklanders fear weakening of UK resolve. Pretoria News, 21 January 1987, p. 12.

NEWSPAPER REPORT/ARTICLE – ANONYMOUS: Paraphrased information … (Red-light row, 1987).

Red-light row: council split over call to set up legalised brothels. 1987. Sunday Times Metro, 1 January 1987, p. 1.

REPRODUCTION: Paraphrased information … (Smith, 1972).

SMITH, J.B. 1972. Vertaling as 'n beroep. Fotostaat, Pretoria, Oktober 1972.

CLASS NOTES (usually not acceptable): Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001a: 3).

VIKTOR, H. 2001. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 1. Pretoria: University of Pretoria. (Class notes.)

LETTER: Paraphrased information … (Elazar, 1998).

ELAZAR, D. 1998. Letter to Walt Crawford, Israel Aircraft Industries, 1 June 1998.

MICROFORM: Paraphrased information … (Chu & Schramm, 1967: 100).

CHU, G.C. & SCHRAMM, W. 1967. Learning from television. Bethesda, Md: ERIC Document Reproduction Service, ED 014900.

SOUND RECORDING: Paraphrased information … (Mandela, 1996).

Mandela, N. 1996. Interview with Max du Preez, SABC, 14 April 1996.

MORE THAN ONE SOURCE BY ONE AUTHOR, DIFFERENT YEARS: Paraphrased information … (Stair & Reynolds, 1998: 100). Paraphrased information … (Stair & Reynolds, 2001: 100).

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.

MORE THAN ONE SOURCE BY ONE AUTHOR, SAME YEAR: Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001a: 3). Paraphrased information … (Viktor, 2001b: 3).

VIKTOR, H. 2001a. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 1. Pretoria: University of Pretoria. (Class notes.) VIKTOR, H. 2001b. Data mining and knowledge discovery: class 2. Pretoria: University of Pretoria. (Class

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notes.)

MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR WITH SAME SURNAME: E. van Wyk (1972: 14) independently reached the same viewpoint as T. van Wyk (1970: 3).

VAN WYK, E. 1972… VAN WYK, T. 1970…

ONE REFERENCE TO MORE THAN ONE SOURCE: This is in agreement with various other authors (Blake, 1965; Doyle, 1965; Smith, 1966; Zuary, 1967).

Listed separately in the usual way.

WEBSITE: Paraphrased information … (Ananyan & Kharlamov, n.d.). Paraphrased information … (Van Gemert, 2000).

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].

E-MAIL: Paraphrased information … (Barry, 1995).

THOMSON, B. Virtual reality. Personal e-mail (25 Jan. 1995).

http://www.megaputer,com/tech/wp/tm.php3

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