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COMP389 Databases

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 On line
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Melb Institute of Technology MIT-Sydney Trimester 1 On Campus
Melb Institute of Technology MIT-Sydney Trimester 2 On Campus
Online level
  • Level D - Comp/internet essential
  • Level E - Wholly online unit
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites COMP 131 or 131A; or candidature in one of the following: GradCertCompSc; GradCertInfoTech; GradDipCompSc;GradDipInfoTech; MCompSc; MInfoSys; MInfoSys(Extended); MInfoTech; MInfoTech(Extended)
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMP 382, 382A, 389A, 502, 589
Notes on-campus online D; off-campus online E; see COMP 280.
Combined Units COMP589 - Databases
Coordinator(s) Kankana Chakrabarty (kchakrab@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Two one-hour lectures and one two-hour workshop session per week. This unit provides a detailed coverage of database concepts, database modelling and design, relational model, object-oriented model, SQL query language, query optimisation, functional dependency, normalisation, and issues such as recovery and concurrency in database systems. Software: PostgreSQL. Language: SQL. External students should see COMP 280 for computer requirements.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

A First Course in Database Systems
ISBN: 9780136006374
Ullman, J.D. and Widom, J., Prentice Hall 3rd ed. 2008
An Introduction to Database Systems
ISBN: 9780321189561
Date, C.J., Addison-Wesley 2004
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Database Management Systems
ISBN: 9780072465631
Ramakrishnan, R. and Gehrke, J., McGraw-Hill 3rd ed. 2003
Note: Reference book (available from the Dixson Library, UNE)
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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