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Unit of Study DATA2001 Database Systems (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Anti-requisites

    CSC00228 Database Systems I or DATA2001 Database Systems


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.

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

Write and execute SQL queries for a relational database

analyse business or application requirements and model solutions using entity relationship diagrams (ERD)

design a logical database which meets business, application and the security needs for a client/server application

design, develop, test and prove the functionality of a database

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Project45%
Portfolio45%
Practical Skills (Access and SQL)10%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Project45%
Portfolio45%
Practical Skills (Access and SQL)10%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Project45%
Portfolio45%
Practical Skills (Access and SQL)10%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Project45%
Portfolio45%
Practical Skills (Access and SQL)10%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Project45%
Portfolio45%
Practical Skills (Access and SQL)10%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Project45%
Portfolio45%
Practical Skills (Access and SQL)10%

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Project45%
Portfolio45%
Practical Skills (Access and SQL)10%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Microsoft Visio or similar is required. See Optional online resources below for alternatives.

    Note that the Study Guide (available on MySCU) has textbook readings and several activities set for each week. The Workshops folders on MySCU provide, for each topic, additional hands-on exercises which may be downloaded.

Prescribed Texts
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Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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