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<p>In ITECH2119, students learn how to evaluate AI systems against the ethical principles, legal obligations, and governance frameworks that define responsible practice. The unit covers the established and emerging AI regulatory environment and frameworks, both within Australia and internationally. Students apply these frameworks to audit systems for bias and compliance gaps, produce structured risk assessments, and investigate documented incidents, to understand how governance failures occur and what could have prevented them.</p>
<p>The unit is accessible to students across disciplines, including Information Technology, Business, Engineering, and Science, and is designed to be valuable whether students go on to build AI systems, manage them, regulate them, or work alongside them.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p>
<p>1. AI in society: Impact, risk, and the importance of governance</p>
<p>2. Ethical frameworks for AI</p>
<p>3. Australian legal, social, and cultural constraints, including Indigenous considerations</p>
<p>4. International AI regulation</p>
<p>5. Risk classification</p>
<p>6. AI management systems: ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework</p>
<p>7. Bias and fairness in AI</p>
<p>8. Transparency and explainability</p>
<p>9. Organisational governance of AI</p>
<p>10. Assurance and quality management for AI systems</p>
<p>11. Responsible AI in practice</p>
<p>12. AI incident analysis</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>In ITECH2119, students learn how to evaluate AI systems against the ethical principles, legal obligations, and governance frameworks that define responsible practice. The unit covers the established and emerging AI regulatory environment and frameworks, both within Australia and internationally. Students apply these frameworks to audit systems for bias and compliance gaps, produce structured risk assessments, and investigate documented incidents, to understand how governance failures occur and what could have prevented them.</p> <p>The unit is accessible to students across disciplines, including Information Technology, Business, Engineering, and Science, and is designed to be valuable whether students go on to build AI systems, manage them, regulate them, or work alongside them.</p>
Unit content
<p>Topics may include:</p> <p>1. AI in society: Impact, risk, and the importance of governance</p> <p>2. Ethical frameworks for AI</p> <p>3. Australian legal, social, and cultural constraints, including Indigenous considerations</p> <p>4. International AI regulation</p> <p>5. Risk classification</p> <p>6. AI management systems: ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework</p> <p>7. Bias and fairness in AI</p> <p>8. Transparency and explainability</p> <p>9. Organisational governance of AI</p> <p>10. Assurance and quality management for AI systems</p> <p>11. Responsible AI in practice</p> <p>12. AI incident analysis</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Information Technology
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
020301 - Conceptual Modelling
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/itech2119">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=COOPI1001" target="_blank">COOPI1001</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=COOPB1001" target="_blank">COOPB1001</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=COOPE1001" target="_blank">COOPE1001</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=COOPS1001" target="_blank">COOPS1001</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=COOPI1002" target="_blank">COOPI1002</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=ITECH1500" target="_blank">ITECH1500</a></p>
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None
Exclusion
None
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Explain the core ethical values and principles that underpin responsible AI, such as privacy, transparency, and data sovereignty, as expressed in major international frameworks, Australian government principles, and professional ICT codes of ethics.</p>
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<p>Describe the legal and regulatory obligations that apply to AI systems in Australia, including privacy law and emerging AI-specific regulation, and relate these to organisational compliance requirements.</p>
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<p>Interpret governance, risk, and quality management processes for AI systems throughout their lifecycle, considering organisational roles and responsibilities.</p>
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<p>Describe common ways AI systems can produce harmful, unfair, or unreliable outcomes, including technical, social, and operational failure modes.</p>
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<p> Apply structured risk management and ethical assessment frameworks to classify AI systems, identify harms, and evaluate compliance.</p>
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<p>Review documented AI incidents to identify governance failures and propose appropriate mitigation strategies.</p>
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<p>Complete weekly laboratory activities</p>
<p>Laboratory tasks</p>
<p>10-20%</p>
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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<p>Analyse and/or propose an unethical and legally non-compliant AI system.</p>
<p>Design brief/analysis and presentation</p>
<p>30-50%</p>
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<p>Select an incident from an AI incident database, and investigate it through the lens of the governance and ethical frameworks studied in the unit. Prepare an executive presentation explaining the errors and proposed preventative measures.</p>
<p>Incident analysis and presentation</p>
<p>30-50%</p>
2, 5, 6
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Information Technology
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
020301 - Conceptual Modelling
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/itech2119">View unit fees</a>
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