Course List

This course will focus on the responses that can be made in the health, tourism, water and agriculture sectors to respond to climate change. Students will be required to review the impacts of climate change on a selection of sectors and then complete a project focused on an analysis/critique of the policy approach(es)/measures taken by the participant’s country with respect to climate change i.e. as opposed to adaptation options in a particular sector. This assignment will allow participates to consolidate and apply all of the information that they gained on modules 1, 2 and 3 and apply their knowledge to design a sector response to climate change that they can implement in their home, community, workplace, school etc. 

This course has a final project (case study). Please note the stated date for submission within the course space.

Weekly quizzes administered online will constitute 5% of the course mark

Participation in online learning forums 5%

Case Study 30% of course marks

Course participants will be exposed to a variety of topics on the increasing role of Information Technology as it relates to the information profession as well as provide basic understanding of how technological professionals communicate with each other. 

In this course students will study security issues in Information Technology and Networking. Key components include authentication; introduction to computer networks and the Internet. Protocol layers; the OSI model; Application; Transport and Network layers will also be explored. 

Course participants will review state-of-the art technologies used to address security problems in today’s ever-changing IT environment.  Some main topics will include security management models and practices; risk management; identification and authentication; access control; information security technologies and encryption techniques.

This course focuses on cloud computing concepts, technological foundations, infrastructure, and architecture. Participants will be exposed to security and technology challenges and will acquire knowledge on applications, implementation issues, and the management and governance of cloud computing.