Diploma of Applied Information Technology

The Diploma of Applied Information Technology programme (DipIT) is designed to meet the professional standards required for information technolology specialists.

Organizations of every kind are dependent on information technology. They need to have appropriate systems in place. These systems must work properly, be secure, and upgraded, maintained, and replaced as appropriate. Orpacific BAIT programme is designed to address these very real needs.

Orpacific Diploma program is designed to produce specialists who possess the right combination of knowledge and practical, hands-on expertise to take care of one aspect of an organization’s information technology infrastructure. Orpacific offers three specialist track diplomas, one in each of the following domains; namely infrastructure and network, web development and application development.

Some examples of the responsibilities include the installation of networks; network administration and security; the design of web pages; the development of multimedia resources; the installation of communication components; and the planning and management of the technology lifecycle by which an organization’s technology is maintained, upgraded, and replaced.

Each diploma program comprises six modules or 32 Credit Hours of course work, or equivalently about 1152 hours student workload, and is comparable to similar programs offered by any reputable institutions in the world.

The 2000 level modules are designed to give the IT professional a fundamental and generic understanding into the key technical areas of systems, hardware and software. The other three modules are devoted to teaching practical industry knowhow. The modules are all highly relevant to current industrial trends and practices. However in order to track the current industrial trends, these modules are under constant review, and offering may differ from year to year. Candidates nevertheless are well assured that while industrial used terms may become obselete faster in the IT domain than any other areas, enough generic knowledge and principles are covered to allow the IT specialist to quickly ledge onto new technologies that may come into the horizon.

The teaching and assessment of the underpinning knowledge forms about 60% of the entire curriculum of the program. The other 40% of the programme is designed around problem-based learning and a near real life project.

All programmes, including the Diploma of Applied Information Technology degree, of Orpacific University of Technology are designed and implemented based on a competency-based approach. Clear performance criteria are listed in the competency standard of each module. Candidates for must show evidence of competent performance in the graduating project, and/or in the process of the problem-based lessons, that they have achieved competence as measure against the competency standards of Orpacific.

Evidences as described above shall be multimedia recordings of demonstrations, presentations or any suitable evidences, and be presented as a portfolio for formal examination. The sets of portfolio of each candidate, at the conclusion of the entire programme, shall be organized into a Personal Graduating Digital Portfolio DVD, and this DVD shall be an integral part of the degree scroll.

Orpacific’s ACCREDITATION is not only a statement that its programs meet academic and professional standards, and on the average, most graduates are competent. At Orpacific, every graduate carries with him/her the evidences that he/she is competent, as measured against published competency standards.

The Orpacific Qualification: Going Beyond Accreditation.

The Orpacific Graduate: What You See is What You Get.

Overview of Curriculum

Candidate must fulfull a total of 32 Credit Hours over 6 modules as listed in the tables below before filing for completion of the appropriate diploma.

Diploma of Applied Information Technology (Infrastructure and Network)

Diploma of Applied Information Technology (Web Development)

Diploma of Applied Information Technology (Application Development)

Note: 1 Credit Hour is equivalent to 12 actual contact hours, or 36 hours of workload.

The first three modules CS2001, CS2002 and CS2003 are common to all three diplomas. Candidates who are certified competent in these three modules in any of the diplomas may use the credits earned towards the other remaining two diplomas.

Language of Instruction
The main language for lectures is English. Tutorial in the lower level courses may be done in a second language for students from selected countries. All examination papers will be in English.
Students must present their answers in English only.
Mutimedia recording in the projects and/or problem solutions must be done in English. The English version shall be submitted for examination. Subsequently, upon the assessor’s feedback, candidates are encouraged to re-record in their native language, for inclusion in the gradation digital portfolio. Both the English version and if applicable the native language version shall be included in the graduation digital portfolio.

Entry Requirement
Candidates should normally have A level or equivalent educational standing in order to appreciate the depth of the content.Candidates who do not possess a GCE A level or equivalent certificate, shall be deemed to be applying via the mature student route, provided he or she is at least 21 years of age.

Note that under the principle of competency training framework, it is recognised that learning need not necessary be through a formal educational program. Therefore there is no mandatory academic qualification for mature students. However potential candidates must be mindful of the difficulties if he/she does not have adequate pre-requisite knowledge to pursue this program. Assessment in this program is through open demonstration of skill and knowledge, and such demonstrations are archived for assessment by official assessors, as well as made available to your prospective employers and relevant members of the public when they are eventually certified. You cannot factor in any element of 'luck', in clearing the assessments. The university has no commitment to pass any candidate unless the candidate clearly demonstrates competence as measured against the publicly accessible competency standard documents of this program.

Students who are assessed to have insufficient command of English will have to attend English Language foundation courses.

Period of Candidature
Minimum period: 6 month
Maximum period: 3 years

Course Computer Requirements
As most of the lessons in each of the modules are delivered online in virtual classrooms, and also the candidates are expected to record multimedia presentation and demonstration of put of the portfolio assessment approach of the University, all students of the program are expected to regular access to a computer that meet the following minimum requirements.

• PC, P4 1.6GHz, 1G RAM, a good quality webcam, writing tablet, and a microphone, and running MS Windows XP or later operating system.
• Internet access.

Fees
USD2,260/= for each Diploma programme, including two examination attempts for each module and a non-refundable application fee of USD 20.
This is an all in fee; including all lessons, online notes, project supervision fee, examinations (two attempts), application fee, but excludes textbooks.
In the event that for any particular module, a candidate fails to clear the examination in two attempts, the candidate will have to re-enrol in the module. Repeat fees are USD70 per Credit hour.

Candidates who are claiming exemption for any of the modules arising from prior competence certification by Orpacific under previous Diploma of Applied Information Technology or Orpacific Learn and Certify programs, shall be entitiled to a fee reduction of USD 70 per approved Credit Hour exemption