Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Unit

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2011 (Off-campus) Caulfield First semester 2011 (Evening) Caulfield Second semester 2011 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2011 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts necessary for the analysis, design, use and implementation of business information systems using relational database management systems. The main topics covered include requirements elicitation, systems analysis and design informed by a lifecycle based methodology, motivation for the database approach to managing information, conceptual modelling, coverage of logical process and data models (hierarchical, network and relational data models), and the use of SQL and other facilities provided by database management systems.

Objectives

At the completion of this unit, students will have -

A knowledge and understanding of:

• the purpose of requirements specification, of functional modelling of processes and data, and of the database concept;
• the relational database model;
• how to allow them to apply integrity constraints and business rules to a system design and implementation based around an enterprise level database management system.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

• understand business information systems as the implementation of company policies and objectives;
• respect the points of view of both technical and business actors in the system development process.

Developed the skills to:

• undertake the functional modelling of processes and data for a business problem;

design and implement a database;

• implement integrity constraints and business rules in a database;
• write queries in SQL to maintain and use a relational database.

Demonstrated the communication skills necessary to:

• communicate requirements for business functionality in terms of data required, management of that data and its processing;
• work co-operatively in a professional systems development team.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rob Meredith

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CSE9002, BUS3112, BUS4112, IMS9001, IMS9003, GCO9804, BUS9003, BUS5071, FIT1004, FIT2010, FIT9012, FIT9019

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit9003/