Course Outline (Undergraduate): Course Title Database Design Course Code ICT211/511 Faculty of Business Semester 1, 2007 DISABILITY AND LEARNING SUPPORT SERVICES The University offers a range of services and supports for students with a disability and it is important that these are negotiated early in the semester. Students who require alternative arrangements such as Special Exam Arrangements and assessment or study support should discuss their needs with the Disability Services Officer and/or the Course Coordinator as soon as possible. The university offers a range of academic skills services to assist students with the development of writing and study skills. Workshops on topics such as critical thinking, clearer writing and essay writing are held most weeks throughout the semester. Learning fact sheets are also readily available on the intranet (http://intranet.usc.edu.au/usc/studserv/learning). Students can also make an appointment with an academic skills adviser at Student Services for one-on-one assistance with study and academic writing skills.
Course Outline (Undergraduate): ICT211 Database Design Page 2 FIELD OF EDUCATION 020303 FUNDING CLUSTER 6 WORK EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRY Indicate whether this course involves work experience in industry by ticking () one of the following boxes: This course involves work experience in industry. This course does not involve work experience in industry. If the course involves work experience in industry, indicate the basis on which this occurs by ticking () one of the following boxes: Learning and performance is directed by USC or persons engaged by USC. Learning and performance is supported by USC or persons engaged by USC. No support is provided for learning and performance by USC or persons engaged by USC. PROGRAM(S) Bachelor of Business MAJORS AND MINORS Information Systems Major Information Systems Minor REQUIRED COURSE IN PROGRAM Bachelor of Business (Information Systems) Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology CONTACT HOURS Lecture: 1 Hour Tutorial: 2 Hours PRE-REQUISITES BUS108 Intro to ICT MODE Internal: Students who undertake all courses in which they are enrolled through attendance on campus, either in Australia or at an offshore location. UNITS 12 credit points ENROLMENT RESTRICTIONS Nil
Course Outline (Undergraduate): ICT211 Database Design Page 3 COURSE COORDINATOR Ms Rania Shibl Office: K2.25 Telephone: (07) 5430 1213 E-mail: RShibl@usc.edu.au Consultation Times: TBA COURSE MODERATOR Mr Wayne Clutterbuck Office: K2.23 Telephone: (07) 5459 4484 E-mail: WClutte1@usc.edu.au Consultation Times: By Appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION TO BE USED FOR STUDENT HANDBOOK Data modelling is a process that people in organizations can use to create a shared understanding of the data that they have to capture, store, maintain, and retrieve to help them with their decision-making. Data modelling also provides a technique to facilitate the design of data to minimize duplicate data being stored and to provide flexible access to the data and flexibility in accommodating changes to the data and data structures. Data modelling, therefore, is part of a process to develop well-structured, relevant data. Many organisations today use database technologies, particularly relational databases, to store, maintain, and retrieve data. The relational database, Microsoft Access 2000, is covered in this course to provide an appreciation of the transition from the data models produced in the analysis and design of information systems to the development of an operational database management system. Structured Query Language (SQL) is the underlying language to manage relational databases and is covered in the course to facilitate the use of Microsoft Access and also to provide a knowledge of the language that can be used in relational databases other than Access. This course introduces students to some of the concepts, methodologies, tools and techniques to analyse, design, and develop well-structured, relevant data for an organisation. Data modelling and where it fits into the information systems development process is covered. Microsoft Access 2003 is used as a tool to provide an appreciation of the concepts and practical application of database management systems. SQL is covered to complete the cycle of professional practice.
Course Outline (Undergraduate): ICT211 Database Design Page 4 LEARNING OUTCOMES USC Graduate Attributes Learning Objectives Learning/Assessment Tasks To understand To have relevant, discipline-based knowledge, skills and values To be able to apply and evaluate knowledge To think To value and respect reason To be able to reason competently To initiate To be constructive and creative To be enterprising To value To have self-respect and a sense of personal agency To have a sense of personal and social responsibility To understand and apply ethical professional practices 1. Explain the role of data modelling in the information systems development process; 2. Explain the concepts of Entity Relationship modelling 3. Explain the concepts of database management systems (DBMS); 4. Apply the Entity- Relationship modelling approach to a business problem; 5. Relate theoretical understanding of the underlying relational DBMS language, Structured Query Language (SQL), to databases 6. Demonstrate practical skills in using a particular database management system, Microsoft Access; 7. Apply SQL within Microsoft Access. 8. Apply project management skills to database development 9. Describe the ethical issues related to databases Assignment 1 Group Assignment using ERDs Mid Semester Examination Assignment 2 Individual Assignment using Microsoft Access Tutorial Exercises Final Exam
Course Outline (Undergraduate): ICT211 Database Design Page 5 LEARNING/ASSESSMENT DETAILS Learning/Assessment Tasks Submission via Hard Copy Safe Assignment Due Date Assessment Weighting 1. Assignment 1 Group Assignment 5:00pm, 6 th April 10% developing an ERD Diagram and report 2. Mid-Semester Exam 8:00am, 27 th March 10% 3. Assignment 2 Individual Assignment using Microsoft Access Database Part A Part B 5:00pm, 27 th April 5:00pm 18 th May 10% 15% 4. Tutorial Exercises Wk 2-12 5% 5. Final Examination TBA 50% Safe Assignment is used by universities for preventing plagiarism and ensuring that all students are fairly assessed on their own learning achievements. Learning/Assessment Tasks ticked above in the Safe Assignment column are to be submitted electronically to Safe Assignment via Blackboard. LEARNING/ASSESSMENT TASKS Learning/Assessment Task 1: Group Assignment using ERDs A Group assignment using ERD concepts to solve a business problem, and to present the findings in a business style report. The assignment will be due at 5:00pm on Friday 6 th April and is worth 10% of the final grade for the course. Assessment criteria will handed out with assignment details. Learning/Assessment Task 2: Mid Semester Exam One hour exam where students will be presented with a small business case study and will be required to produce an appropriate Entity-Relationship Diagram. The exam will be conducted during the Week 6 lecture time of Tuesday, 8:00am 27 th March 2007 and is worth 10% of the final grade for the course. Assessment details for the midsemester exam will be handed out during week 5 of the semester. Learning/Assessment Task 3: Individual Assignment using Microsoft Access An individual database programming assignment. This assignment is divided up into two parts: Part A and Part B. Part A is due on Friday 27 th April at 5:00pm and is worth 10%. Part B is due on Friday 18 th May at 5:00pm and is worth 15%. The assignment involves the creation of a database and user interface, designed and tested using Microsoft Access. Assessment criteria will handed out with assignment details.
Course Outline (Undergraduate): ICT211 Database Design Page 6 Learning/Assessment Task 4: Tutorial Exercises During each tutorial, exercises will be handed out by the tutor. The exercises will be related to that weeks lecture. Each tutorial exercise is worth.5%. There are 10 assessed tutorials. The maximum marks one can receive from tutorials is 5%. Exercises will ONLY be handed out during the tutorial and MUST be submitted by the end of the tutorial. Learning/Assessment Task 5: Final Examination A three hour closed book exam to be held during the scheduled examination period. The date and time of the exam will be advised by Student Administration during the semester. The examination will cover all lecture, reading and tutorial material from weeks 1 to 12. Assessment criteria for the final exam will be given out during week 12 of the semester. Late Submission Penalties Late submissions will attract a 5% penalty of the mark allocated for that assignment for each working day the work is late (excluding Saturday and Sunday) without a formal extension approved by Student Services and the Course Coordinator. If an assignment is due by 5:00pm Friday, this means the maximum mark possible will be: Days Late Week Day W eight 10% Weight 15% 1 After 5:00pm Friday it is deemed to be 9.5 13.75 Monday 2 Tuesday 9.0 12.5 3 Wednesday 8.5 11.25 4 Thursday 8.0 10 5 Friday 7.5 8.75 ANY ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS Conditions for Passing Course To achieve a pass in this course students must: 1. Complete all items of assessment; 2. Perform satisfactorily in all items of assessment; 3. Achieve at least a Pass level overall;
Course Outline (Undergraduate): ICT211 Database Design Page 7 COURSE SCHEDULE Week Comm Teaching Week Content Focus of Week 19 Feb 1 Course overview File Systems and Databases 26 Feb 2 E-R Modelling Modelling Concepts 5 Mar 3 E-R Modelling Methodology and application Learning/Teaching Activities Exercises in understanding data and information Entity - relationship modelling exercises Entity - relationship modelling exercises 12 Mar 4 Normalisation Normalisation exercises 19 Mar 5 ERD methodology Sample Mid semester 26 Mar 6 Mid Semester Exam NO TUTORIAL Mid-Sem Exam 8:00am, Tues 27 th Mar 2 Apr 7 Microsoft Access and SQL Microsoft Access exercises Assignment 1 Due 5:00pm, Fri 6 th Apr Mid Semester Break 9 April 15 th April 16 Apr 8 SQL DML Select 23 Apr 9 SQL DML Add, Update, Delete 30 Apr 10 SQL DML Joins SQL DML Exercises SQL DML Exercises Assignment 2 PartA Due 5:00pm Fri 27 th April SQL DML Exercises 7 May 11 SQL DDL SQL DDL Exercises 14 May 12 Distributed Databases Client/server Systems SQL Review Assignment 2 PartB Due 5:00pm Fri 18 th May 21May 13 Course Summary ERD Review 29 May 30 May Study Break 31 May 17 Jun Exams 18 Jun 15 July Inter Semester Break commences PRESCRIBED TEXT(S) Pratt, P. (2005) A guide to SQL, 7 th Edition, Thomson: Australia. RECOMMENDED READINGS McFadden F. R., Hoffer, J. A., & Prescott M. B., (1999) Modern Database Design, 5th Edition, Addison- Wesley, Reading, Mass., USA. Date C. J. (1995) An Introduction to Database Systems 6th Ed. Reading, Addison-Wesley, Mass, USA. D'orazio, R. & Happel, G. (1996) Practical Data Modelling for Database Design, John Wiley & Sons, Qld, Australia. Finkelstein, C. (1992) Information Engineering: Strategic Systems Development Addison Wesley. Pascal, F. (1993) Understanding Relational Databases: With Examples in SQL-92 John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA. Scott, S. M. (1998) The Fundamentals of Communication Prentice Hall, Sydney. van der Lans, R. F. (1993) Introduction to SQL 2nd Ed. Addison -Wesley. Watson, R. T. (2002) Data Management: Databases and Organisations 3rd Ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York. Wertz, C. J. (1993) Relational database design: a practitioner's guide Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press.
Course Outline (Undergraduate): ICT211 Database Design Page 8 ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS (Faculty of Business Undergraduate Standard) Faculty of Business guidelines and information relating to the administration of courses are located on the Student Intranet as follows: Student Assessment Items - Guidelines https://my.usc.edu.au/student/default2.asp?page=/usc/business/aa_business_documents/student_asses sment_items_guidelines.doc Faculty of Business Assessment Item Cover Sheet https://my.usc.edu.au/student/default2.asp?page=/usc/business/aa_business_documents/assess ment_item_cover_sheet.doc. Do not make up your own assessment item cover sheet. Variations to Assessment - Guidelines https://my.usc.edu.au/student/default2.asp?page=/usc/business/aa_business_documents/variations_to_ Assessment_Guidelines.doc Plagiarism Where specified in the Learning/Assessment Details, submit assessment items through Safe Assignment via Blackboard: https://online.usc.edu.au/icslogin/?"http://online.usc.edu.au/webapps/login/" Brief step-by-step instructions at: https://my.usc.edu.au /usc/business/aa_safe_assignment/safe_assignment_instructions_for_bb.pdf Hard copies of the above guidelines and information are also available from the Faculty of Business Reception and Administration Office. Grade Levels Course grades shall be awarded on the following basis: HIGH DISTINCTION where a student achieves an exceptionally high level of performance and / or competence plus the production of original work and demonstrated awareness of all significant elements of the course. DISTINCTION CREDIT PASS FAIL where a student achieves a high level of performance and / or competence plus the production of original work and demonstrated awareness of all significant elements of the course. where a student achieves a level of performance and / or competence substantially above the minimum requirements of the course. where a student achieves a level of performance and / or competence which satisfies the minimum requirements of the course. where a student has not satisfied the minimum requirements of the course.