COMP389 Databases
Updated: 23 April 2009| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Online level |
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| 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 | COMP131 or COMP131A or candidature in GradCertCompSc or GradCertInfoTech or GradDipCompSc or GradDipInfoTech or MCompSc or MInfoSys or MInfoSys(Extended) or MInfoTech or MInfoTech(Extended) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | COMP382 or COMP382A or COMP389A or COMP502 or COMP589 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | on-campus online D; off-campus online E; 200- and 300-level COMP units (excluding COMP286) require a knowledge of, and programming experience with the C or C++ language. Any student who completed COMP130 prior to 1995 should contact the School of Science and Technology for advice. It is recommended that students enrolled for 200-level and above COMP units have access to an IBM compatible computer running the Linux Operating System. |
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| Combined Units |
COMP589 - Databases |
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| Coordinator(s) | Kankana Chakrabarty (kchakrab@une.edu.au) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Unit Description |
This unit concentrates on database principles, architecture of database systems, database modeling, and database design. SQL, functional dependencies, normalization principles, and principles of object-oriented database systems are discussed. It further includes the notions of relational algebra, relational calculus, recovery, concurrency, and security. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
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Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material
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| Referenced Material Optional |
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Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional
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| Disclaimer | Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period. |