• Level 7
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $890 NZ Domestic
    $2,104 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
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This online course will introduce you to social informatics through critical reflection on uses of information and communication technologies and their social and cultural impact.

To study this course, you need to have 40 credits at Level 6, or comparable industry experience. The course leader will determine this.

Students who successfully complete this online course will be able to

  • critically reflect on their own uses of information and communication technologies with reference to the significance of cultural and social contexts and technical innovations over time;
  • analyse and critique the social and cultural impact of the use of information and communication technology on contemporary events
  • evaluate the impact of information and communication technologies on community, workplace and personal life, locally and globally

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

How to apply

Work towards

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If you would like to study just this course and not enrol in a certificate, diploma or degree you can apply here.

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