| General data | |
| Course Title | Data management |
| ECTS credits | 6 |
| Course Code | |
| Type of Course | Compulsory |
| Year and Semester of Study | First year / Winter semester |
| Course Website | - |
| Department | Department of Informatics |
| Course Coordinator | Professor Mladen Varga, PhD |
| Instructors | Professor Mladen Varga, PhD, Professor Katarina Ćurko, PhD |
| Assistants | - |
| Type of Degree Program | Graduate Study Programme |
| Major | - |
| Hours per Semester | 40 |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Class Schedule | Schedule |
| Course Contents | |
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1. Data in the information system 2. Database and database management system 3. Database in information system development 4. Databases of structured data: relational model and relational database, transactional and analytical data processing applications 5. Methods of structured data modelling 6. Operations in relational database: relational algebra, SQL 7. Data management functions 8. Data management trends |
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| Description of general and specific competences (knowledge and skills) to be developed by this course: | |
| Understanding the role of data management in business environment. Mastering of data modelling and utilisation of databases in enterprise information systems. Understanding relational database technology and its application in specific problem domains. Understanding the problem of business data integration. Developing skills of building a database for a given problem. | |
| Teaching methods: | |
| Lectures, seminars, individual work on the project of building database | |
| Additional requirements for students: | |
| Active participation in classroom activities. Keeping up-to-date with the most recent literature. Writing short papers concerning current topics. Optional participation in different projects. | |
| Assessment/examination method: | |
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Student assessment will be conducted throughout the teaching process (lectures, seminars, individual work on particular problem) and written exam. |
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| Required reading: | |
| Elmasri, R., Navathe, S. Fundamentals of Database Systems, 5th ed., Addison Wesley, 2006. | |
| Recommended reading: | |
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Chaffey, D., Wood, S. Business Information Management, Prentice Hall, 2005. Silberschatz, A., Korth, H. , Sudarshan, S. Database Systems Concepts, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2005. |
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| Course and teaching quality assurance method (method of monitoring the quality of the course and its teaching): | |
| Course evaluation will be conducted by anonymous student survey at the end of the teaching cycle | |
| Course Prerequisites | |
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| Additional Information | |
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