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 615-230 Database Concepts

Note

  1. This subject is regarded as a non-science subject for students enrolled in the BSc, BASc and combined BSc courses.

  2. Students who have completed 433-351 may not subsequently gain credit for 615-230.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr S Maynard

Prerequisites

615-145 Concepts in Software Development I. Students without 615-145 will need to sit an entry test prior to the semester commencing. Please contact the department in January for details.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

36 lectures (3 per week), 11 tutorials (1 hour per week), 11 laboratories (1 hour per week)

Subject Description

Topics may include, but are not restricted to, the following: the managerial view of data, information, and knowledge; data modelling for relational databases; SQL; database architectures and implementations; non-relational databases such as hierarchical, network, and object-oriented databases; data integrity; data warehousing; data administration; and alternative organisational memory technologies such as groupware.

On completing this subject, students should be familiar with:

  • The role databases have within organisations;

  • Database design;

  • Database manipulation;

  • Data administration.

Assessment

One 3-hour end-of-semester exam, and 40 hours of individual and group project work. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject. Successful completion of this subject requires a pass in both the exam and the practical portion of the assessment.

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