CP5804 - Database Systems

Credit points:	03
Year:	2018
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Business, Law & Governance

The subject will provide an introduction to the principles and concepts of database systems and their importance in data science. The relational model and various competing models for database, and a database query language are introduced and applied. Through this subject students will develop skills in techniques and tools to model, design and implement a database system using SQL.

Learning Outcomes

• critically appraise database and database management systems, their features and rationale;
• formulate queries using a database query language;
• develop a database model using the entity-relationship model;
• describe and apply the techniques of normalisation;
• construct a database design to a database management system.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 82
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Contact hours:	65 hours - Online resources including readings, screencasts, embedded quizzing
Method of Delivery:	Online - JCU
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (60%); computational laboratories.log book (20%).
External, Study Period 86
Census Date 08-Nov-2018
Contact hours:	65 hours - Online resources including readings, screencasts, embedded quizzing
Method of Delivery:	Online - JCU
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (20%); assignments (60%); computational laboratories.log book (20%).

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