This unit will provide an introduction to the concepts of database design and usage and the related issues of data management. Students will develop skills in planning, designing, and implementing a data model using an enterprise-scale relational database system (Oracle). Methods and techniques will also be presented to populate, retrieve, update and implement integrity features on data in the implemented database system.
Manipulation of a database necessarily raises issues of data collection/creation and management, data rights (ownership, copyright, access, privacy etc) and data curation, which this unit will also address.
Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
(b.) Study schedule for off-campus students:
(c.) Additional requirements (all students):
Pre-lecture reading and attempting exercises is a wise thing for all students to do.
BUS3112, CPE2005, CSE2132, CSE2138, CSE2316, CSE3180, CSE3316, FIT2010, GCO2815, IMS1907, IMS2112, MMS2801
David Dowe
Shyh Wei Teng
Braam van der Vyver
Mohammad Reza Zare
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| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Please check the Moodle 2 site: http://moodle.vle.monash.edu/ | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 |
| 1 | Introduction to Data Management (and Peer Instruction) | Pre-lecture online quizzes and participation in lectures, tutorials or forums due weekly |
| 2 | Data Quality and Metadata | |
| 3 | Database Systems | |
| 4 | SQL | |
| 5 | Advanced SQL (SQL queries 2) | |
| 6 | Advanced SQL (continued, or SQL queries 3) | |
| 7 | Transactions and Concurrency Management | Assignment 1: SQL Data Definition and Data Manipulation due |
| 8 | Conceptual Design | |
| 9 | Normalisation | |
| 10 | Logical and Physical Design | Assignment 2 (Part A): Initial Conceptual Design due |
| 11 | Database Design Case Study | |
| 12 | Database Administration / Data Rights and Curation | Assignment 2 (Part B): Full Database Design due |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your learning system.
Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-lecture online quizzes | 5% | Weekly. The exact due date will be announced as Moodle's quiz notification. |
| Participation in lectures, tutorials or forums | 5% | Weekly |
| Assignment 1: Data Definition and Data Manipulation | 20% | Week 7 |
| Assignment 2 (Part A): Initial Conceptual Design | Hurdle to the submission of Assignment 2 Part B | Week 10 |
| Assignment 2 (Part B): Full Database Design | 20% | Week 12 |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
Faculty Policy - Unit Assessment Hurdles (http://intranet.monash.edu.au/infotech/resources/staff/edgov/policies/assessment-examinations/assessment-hurdles.html)
Academic Integrity - Please see resources and tutorials at http://www.monash.edu/library/skills/resources/tutorials/academic-integrity/
The average marks across a number of quizzes from week 2 to week 12.
Clayton campus:
Students' answers during the peer instruction session will not be graded based on correctly answering questions. The grade will be based on participation. A full mark will be awarded if student answers at least 80% of the questions throughout the semester. 0 mark will be awarded if student answers less than 80% of total questions presented in the semester during lecture.
South Africa and Malaysia campuses:
Completion of specific tutorial questions instructed by the tutors during weekly tutorial classes.
Off campus learning (OCL)
Participation on the forum on a specific tutorial question as instructed by the OCL leader.
Task Criteria:
Student designs will not be graded. Tutors will discuss with each student individually during tutorials their submitted design, against the case study, as a first stage of the database design task. This task is a hurdle requirement, students who do not submit this task will not be able to submit assignment 1 Part B.
Task Criteria:
Monash Library Unit Reading List (if applicable to the unit)
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Types of feedback you can expect to receive in this unit are:
Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced.
You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.monash.edu.au/exams/special-consideration.html
At the Chief Examiner's discretion, students may be permitted to resubmit assignments where serious medical issues or problems have impacted a student's work.
Students are required to use the APA style of referencing for this unit - details are available from:
It is a University requirement (http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/student-academic-integrity-managing-plagiarism-collusion-procedures.html) for students to submit an assignment coversheet for each assessment item. Faculty Assignment coversheets can be found at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/. Please check with your Lecturer on the submission method for your assignment coversheet (e.g. attach a file to the online assignment submission, hand-in a hard copy, or use an online quiz). Please note that it is your responsibility to retain copies of your assessments.
Please submit your work via the learning system for this unit, which you can access via links in the my.monash portal.
Unless informed otherwise, students will submit their assignments in 2 places online (Moodle and Damocles) and also in printed hard copy.
Please check with your lecturer before purchasing any Required Resources. Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library, and prescribed software is available in student labs.
If students wish to work on this unit from home, you will require a copy of SQL Developer. Please see the links below in Recommended Resources. Both items of software should be both readily available and free of charge - and it is suggested you obtain a copy from the Moodle unit web site.
TEXTBOOK
Rob, P., Morris, S. and Coronel, C. (2014), Database Systems 11th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2014
This text is available from the Monash University Book Shops. Availability from other suppliers cannot be assured. The Bookshop orders texts in specifically for this unit. You are advised to purchase your text book early.
The text is also available as an eBook from Cengage Learning. The URL to the eBook version on the Cengage site is: http://www.cengagebrain.com.au . The Cengage (CourseSmart) book format is HTML5 and thus can be read on a range of devices, markup (notes and highlighting) and a number of other functions are possible. The eReader FAQ is available from http://www.cengagebrain.com.au/shop/FAQ.html .
This unit will make use of the Oracle 11G database running on the Monash ITS server zebra.its.monash.edu.au. All students will have an account on this server which will suffice for all database work this semester.
Although it is not required, if students wish to run a database server at home they can download Oracle XE (eXpress Edition) from the unit Moodle site or directly from the Oracle technet site:
Please note:
The client software for accessing Oracle (SQLDeveloper) will be available in the labs. It will also be available via a download from the Moodle site for installation at home. SQLDeveloper is also available, after registration (free), from the technet site:
On Campus students are required to purchase a Turning Point clicker from the Campus Bookstore or directly from the Australian Distributor.
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The University provides many different kinds of support services for you. Contact your tutor if you need advice and see the range of services available at http://www.monash.edu.au/students. For Malaysia see http://www.monash.edu.my/Student-services, and for South Africa see http://www.monash.ac.za/current/.
The Monash University Library provides a range of services, resources and programs that enable you to save time and be more effective in your learning and research. Go to www.lib.monash.edu.au or the library tab in my.monash portal for more information. At Malaysia, visit the Library and Learning Commons at http://www.lib.monash.edu.my/. At South Africa visit http://www.lib.monash.ac.za/.
Getting the most from your studies in this unit:
Lecture: During the lecture, your lecturer will conduct the peer instruction session.
Laboratory/Tutorials: The labs consist of a set of graded exercises which allow you to put the theory presented in the lecture to work in creating, designing and using data and databases. The labs will also include issues that you will need to discuss with your fellow classmates and tutors. Before the lab you should carefully read through the lab activities. The teaching staff will presume that you have completed all the posted lab tasks each week and build subsequent activities on this assumption. For this reason it is very important that you complete all the posted tasks (please note you will not be able to complete them in the allocated 2 hours, these will be completed in your self study 8 hours). Given the cumulative nature of the learning, it is easy to fall behind if either you do not complete the required work or fail to understand key tasks/concepts. If you are having problems with lab exercises, please ensure you speak to your tutor and gain some assistance.
Off Campus students: Off campus students should pay particular attention to the Moodle OCL discussion forum for matters specifically related to them.