School Of Computing And MathematicsDatabase Principles for Business Information SystemsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200129.1
Discipline: INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
This unit gives students a thorough understanding of how data is organised and managed in contemporary computer-based information systems. Topics include: data hierarchy; file formats; modeling data; types of models - the relational model, the hierarchical model, the network model; semantic databases; object oriented databases; efficiency considerations; SQL queries; schemas; client-server architectures; recording database descriptions; relational database management system software; and applied SQL.