Database systems and data management III
Y P Cheung
6 points
* One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour laboratory session per week
* First semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: BUS1010 or equivalent
* Prohibitions: CFR2132, COT2132, COT2138, COT2180, COT3180, CSC3161
Objectives At the completion of this subject students should be able to understand the basis for database systems; capable of planning, designing and implementing database systems; familiar with hierarchical, network and relational data models; and capable of using SQL for management ofdatabases.
Synopsis This subject is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts necessary for the planning, design, use and implementation of database systems. The main topics covered include motivation for the database approach, conceptual modelling, coverage of logical data models (hierarchical, network and relational data models) and the use of SQL and other facilities provided by database management systems.
Assessment Assignment 1: 20%
* Assignment 2: 20%
* Examination
(2 hours): 60%
* Note that a pass on the examination is required to pass
the subject
Prescribed texts
Cheung Y P BUS2112 Database sytems and data management Dept Business Systems, Monash U, 1997
Recommended texts
McFadden F R and Hoffer J A Modern database management 4th edn, Benjamin-Cummings, 1994
Watson R T Data management: An organisational perspective Wiley, 1996
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