Unit of Study DATA2001 Database Systems (2025)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Anti-requisites

CSC00228 Database Systems I or DATA2001 Database Systems

Unit description

Provides the student with an overall understanding of database concepts and theory. Students will learn how to design and build a database, from data analysis to mapping a specific database model. The relational model is emphasised and introduced using structured queried language (SQL) for creating and manipulating databases.

Unit content

Database fundamentals
The relational database model
Creating databases
Database design
Advanced database design
Database administration and client server databases

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
China - Guangxi UST	N/A	Term5
Gold Coast	Term1,5	Term1,5
Melbourne	N/A	Term1,5
Online	Term1,5	N/A
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby	N/A	Term1,5
Perth	N/A	Term1,5
Sydney	N/A	Term1,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Write and execute SQL queries for a relational database

analyse business or application requirements and model solutions using entity relationship diagrams (ERD)

design a logical database which meets business, application and the security needs for a client/server application

design, develop, test and prove the functionality of a database

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project	45%
Portfolio	45%
Application	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project	45%
Portfolio	45%
Application	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project	45%
Portfolio	45%
Application	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project	45%
Portfolio	45%
Application	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project	45%
Portfolio	45%
Application	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project	45%
Portfolio	45%
Application	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project	45%
Portfolio	45%
Application	10%

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Unit of Study DATA2001 Database Systems (2025)

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Credit points

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Placement

Anti-requisites

Unit description

Unit content

Availabilities

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Teaching and assessment

China - Guangxi UST (Term)

Gold Coast (Term)

Melbourne (Term)

Online (Term)

Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby (Term)

Perth (Term)

Sydney (Term)

Prescribed learning resources

Term 1

Term 5

Fee information

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International

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