DM505: Database Design and Programming (5 ECTS)

STADS: 15005101

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.
Third quarter.

Teacher responsible
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Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The content of DM502 Programming A and DM503 Programmering B must be known.

Course introduction
To give the student theoretical skills and practical experience in the use, design, and implementation of a relational database.

Expected learning outcome
After the course, the student is expected to be able to:
• design a suitable ER-model for a database, on the basis of a problem description
• transform an ER-model for a database into a suitable relational model
• write SQL queries for a relational database
• optimize a relational database through choice of indexes, use of equivalent SQL-expressions, and use of the theory of normal forms
• access a databse from an application program.
• describe work done on the above subjects in clear and precise language, and in a structured fashion

Subject overview
Relational databases, database design (ER-modelling, normal forms), relational algebra, SQL, database access from application programs, basic disk structure, index use and index implementations (hashing based, tree based).

Literature

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Syllabus
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Project and 1-day take-home exam, for which one combined grade is given. Project and take-home exam count equally in the grade. Grades according to the 7-point marking scale. External examiner.

Examination when the course has been taught. Re-examination after 4th quarter. The re-examination is an oral exam, grades according to the 7-point marking scale, internal examiner.

Date of exam
The re-examination takes place on June 8, 2009

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Lectures (22 hours), discussion sessions (20 hours) , project work.
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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