COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CME 3401 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Computer Engineering (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIH UTKU

Offered to

Computer Engineering (English)

Course Objective

This course provides students with the background to design, implement and use database management systems in managing the data needs of an organization. It introduces, in a comparative framework, the structure, requirements, functions and evolution of database management systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the data requirements of contemporary organizations and how database management systems meet them.
2   Develop conceptual data model specifications.
3   Design and implement database applications.
4   Understand how data is stored, retrieved and maintained in different types of databases.
5   Gain experience with the existing database management systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Overview of Databases and Database Users
2 Database System Concepts and Architecture
3 Data Modeling Using the Entity-Relationship Model
4 The Relational Data Model and Relational Database Constraints
5 SQL: Schema Definition, Basic Constraints and Queries
6 SQL: Schema Definition, Basic Constraints and Queries
7 SQL: Assertions, Views and Programming Techniques
8 The Relational Algebra & Calculus
9 Case studies to practice queries
10 Functional Dependencies for Relational Databases
11 Normalization for Relational Databases
12 Overview of Storage and Indexing
13 Overview of Query Evaluation
14 Overview of Transaction Management

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book:
R. Elmasri, S.K. Navathe, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2006.

References: J. Ullman, Widow, A First Course in Database Systems, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
Raghu Ramakrishnan,Johannes Gehrke, Database Management Systems, McGraw-Hill,0-07-246563, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation/Lecturing and Interactive discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.40 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Given 3-4 homework lead to project design.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm %20 + Project %40 + Final %40

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to class is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Semih UTKU
semih@cs.deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Project Preparation 1 28 28
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.13554
LO.2335543
LO.3555555
LO.4525243
LO.53333333

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