FIT3176 - Advanced database design - 2017

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.

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".

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

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

1. Contact hours for on-campus students:
   • Two hours lectures
   • Two hours laboratories
2. 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.

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