IPT and it's significance?? (1 Viewer)

[Whizkid]

Hello peoples...just wondering??
what's the importance or significance of IPT??
like...what Uni courses can u go for if you do IPT??
is IPT a hard HSC subject or easy??
I'd like to know because..i'm getting the feeling that IPT is not helping....well..yeh...kinda.....
Btw...i am being serious...hehe...so somebody who knows something about IPT plz give me info...
thanks...

 

[hipsta_jess]

IPT is pretty bludgy...lol...
i think it taught me alot though, like alot of the stuff for uni requires computers, and i think i have less trouble with that side of it than people who didnt do IPT...

 

[lil_star]

Im doing IT at uni....and the terminology i learnt thru the IPT course is definitely helping me and giving me an edge as it covers all sorts of information systems! such as communication sys, transaction processing sys, multimedia systems, information systems and databases.....roooolly helpful! and Im doing IT at UTS...and from what ive heard is that in between UTS, USYD and UNSW, UTS is the only one which has a separate IT faculty.....while usyd and unsw grab subjects from engineering and science departments mostly....my course is called B Sc IT/ Dip IT PP...see my signature...it says it all

 

[santaslayer]

Originally posted by Whizkid
Hello peoples...just wondering??
what's the importance or significance of IPT??
like...what Uni courses can u go for if you do IPT??
is IPT a hard HSC subject or easy??
I'd like to know because..i'm getting the feeling that IPT is not helping....well..yeh...kinda.....
Btw...i am being serious...hehe...so somebody who knows something about IPT plz give me info...
thanks...

if ur doing a commerce degree and would like to major in Business information Systems then it will certainly help you!

 

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i'm doing software kinda thingo in uni atm..it has no relevance!!

well..say max 10%

but let say when it comes to problem solving and ciritcal thinking, if u can develop the skills u have in IPT, its definately an advantage...

 

[redslert]

IPT hmm
it's just one massively easy and bludgy subject
very easy to do well in!

well IPT doesn't really help if your not going to continue with an IT path...

the only major advantage i can see is that it gets you used to the long/annoying/tedious assignments which you will face in uni!

 

[yc]

It helps in anything do with Information Technology/Systems, you just get an edge having seen it before. Not to say you can't easily survive without having done it but it would help. It does not help for a course like Software Eng.

Also it might not directly help but instead teach you how to handle situations. Such as drawing diagrams, you might never draw another context diagram but you'll probably need to whip something in various different models, so it'll help to have learnt a form of diagram drawing before hand. Also working in a group will happen alot in life (I've done it enough and only 1st yr at uni), so dealing with group members is also good to experience.

While at uni it will be more involved, you've got some previous experience so you know how to handle the bullshit better

For example normalization in IPT is different to normalization at Uni, however you've seen it before in IPT, so you take the concepts you understand in IPT and presto the Uni stuff clicks right off the bat.

As for the different Uni's and courses, it depends what you want to do, while lil star is enjoying IT at uts that particular course just didn't offer the right level of programming for me and thus I chose to do comp sci at UNSW (which has the best comp lecture in the known world, love you richard!) although I'm jealous they don't touch any maths!!!

All in all, do IPT.

 

[fatmuscle]

well said

i did ipt so i could catch up on my sdd work during ipt classes

 

[santaslayer]

thats tricky shit.....

 

[lil_star]

yc...i have the best object oriented programming lectuerer as well....Go Raymond! funniest lecture of all...makes Java fun to learn!

Comp Science is more programming side....while IT is more leadership....i guess more broad....but if u are "sure" u want to be on programming side eventually do Comp Science!

 

[Whizkid]

Thanks pplz....
so basically IPT is an "alright" subject to do huh??
i guess yeh...it's good for catching up on other HW coz...so much bludging...
But yeh...thanks again for the opinions...i'll keep them in mind.

 

[Beaker]

Originally posted by fatmuscle
well said

i did ipt so i could catch up on my sdd work during ipt classes

exactely what i do

 

[Blay]

man... SDD wasn't offered for us this year ><* blardy teacher thought that there's no talent in our year to understand SDD... really now... that's full of crap ><*

 

[CaR]

grghhh....
my stoopid school has NeVeR offered SDD before...only IPT 'n IT...

and the thing is...we don't really have teachers that specialise in IT...just over 40 female staff who also teach Food Tech & Textiles -___-''