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Unit Summary

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

9

Level of learning

Introductory

Former School/College

Former School of Business and Tourism

Pre-requisites

ISY00243 - Systems Analysis and Design OR ISY81001 - Designing Information Systems

Unit aim

Provides introduction to data management in an enterprise. Students will learn to design, build and evaluate databases, including relational and non-relational database technologies. Furthermore, students will learn some advanced techniques for managing Big Data.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction to Data Management

Topic 2: Relational Data Models

Topic 3: Creating Normalised Databases

Topic 4: Structured Query Language (SQL) Scripts

Topic 5: Data Modelling and Entity-Relationship Model

Topic 6: Database Design

Topic 7: Web/Client-Server Database Applications

Topic 8: Database Administration

Topic 9: Database Security

Topic 10: Big Data and Non-traditional Databases

Topic 11: Data Warehousing

Topic 12: Recent Advances in Big Data Management

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 discuss the database model
2 model organisation database needs
3 explain the process of database design
4 design and develop databases from business organisation needs
5 identify and design the essential elements of testing strategies needed to test and prove the functionality of a database
6 create, write and execute SQL queries

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. discuss the database model
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  2. model organisation database needs
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    • GA4:
  3. explain the process of database design
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    • GA4:
  4. design and develop databases from business organisation needs
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    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. identify and design the essential elements of testing strategies needed to test and prove the functionality of a database
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    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  6. create, write and execute SQL queries
    • GA2:
    • GA4:

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