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FIT3176

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 22 December 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

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit will introduce 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 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

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Software development

Prerequisites

FIT1004 or FIT2094 or FIT3171

Prohibitions

FIT2077, FIT3118, FIT4038