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FIT3171

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 27 December 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Information Technology

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit will provide an introduction to the concepts of database design and usage and the related issues of data management. Students will develop skills in planning, designing, and implementing a data model using an enterprise-scale relational database system (Oracle). Methods and techniques will also be presented to populate, retrieve, update and implement integrity features on data in the implemented database system.

Outcomes

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

  1. explain the motivations behind the development of database management systems;
  2. describe the underlying theoretical basis of the relational database model and apply the theories into practice;
  3. critically compared the design constructs of object oriented model and relational model design;
  4. develop a sound database design;
  5. implement a database based on a sound database design;
  6. construct queries that meet user requirements;
  7. develop an application with a database backend;
  8. use data modelling and database development tools effectively.

Assessment

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

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

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

  • Two hours lectures
  • Two hours laboratories

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of lecture time in order to satisfy the reading, tute, prac and assignment expectations.

See also Unit timetable information

Prerequisites

FIT2099

Prohibitions

FIT1004, FIT2094