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FIT2077

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 20 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Information Technology

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit extends the study from FIT1004 Data management. FIT2077 will introduce more advanced concepts in the areas of database design, SQL, query optimisation and the handling of unstructured data (XML) both externally and within a database. The issue of "Big Data" and the role played by BI technologies and data warehouses will be explored.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. design a database model from a given scenario, using the Extended Entity Relationship model;
  2. demonstrate a fluency with relational algebra commands;
  3. create triggers, procedures and functions to enhance the logic stored in a database;
  4. analyse SQL query operations to optimise their performance;
  5. create XML documents and schemas to represent a given scenario;
  6. implement, and manipulate, XML structure in a database;
  7. describe the role played by Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence (BI) with respect to "Big Data".

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours of lectures
  • One 2-hour laboratory

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Lindsay Smith

Prerequisites

FIT1004 or CSE2132 or equivalent

Prohibitions

CSE3000, FIT3118, FIT4038

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

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