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Data and Information Management - INFS3608
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Course Outline: INFS3608 Course Outline
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite:INFS1602 and INFS1603 or enrolment in a Software Engineering program
 
 
Excluded: INFS2608, INFS5926
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of database application design and database management for large and small businesses; practical experience using formal database design methodologies in systems development; and an understanding of the technological issues of database systems in a modern IT infrastructure. The main topics include advanced modelling of business applications, database logical design, normalisation through decomposition and synthesis, physical design, concurrency, security, and transaction management issues, contemporary issues of object-oriented databases, advanced database applications, multimedia databases, data warehousing, data mining, OLAP, and client/server design on the Internet.

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