Faculty of Science

Objectives

To explore how information (data) may be stored for easy updates and retrieval, the applications of database management systems, such as in business as well as the use of a relational database, and various techniques for obtaining and analysing data in order to build a database system.

Contents

Applications of database management systems; importance and requirements of database management systems; role of database administrator; data definition and data manipulation languages; models and schemes; relational database model: introduction; introductory relational algebra; normal forms and normalization procedures (up to third normal form); examples of relational databases; Use of entity Relationship model (including traps); Collecting and using information e.g. interviews, observations, data collection; Introduction to other models of databases: networked and hierarchical models; Comparison of database models.

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