CP1500 - Conceptual Modelling
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
The subject will provide an introduction to the principles and concepts of database systems and their importance in today's society. The relational model and various competing models for database, and a database query language are introduced. Techniques and tools to model, design, and implement a database system will also be presented.
Learning Outcomes
- formulate database query and manipulation language for data entry and reporting;
- understand the major objectives, features and impacts of database and data warehousing technologies;
- understand the roles of IT professionals in the database environment;
- understand and apply a range of conceptual modelling techniques and tools in different phases of the database development lifecycle;
- implement a database design using a relational database management system.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
- The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
- The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
- The ability to work individually and independently;
- The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
| Lecturer: | Dr Trina Myers. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 60%); quizzes or tests (5% - 15%); assignments (15% - 40%); (5% - 10%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Joanne Lee. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 60%); quizzes or tests (5% - 15%); assignments (15% - 40%); (5% - 10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 18-Nov-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 22-Jul-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
| Beijing UT, Internal, Study Period 68 | |
| Census Date 25-Feb-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
| Beijing UT, Internal, Study Period 69 | |
| Census Date 07-Oct-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 12-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 15-Apr-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 09-Dec-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (25%). |
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