[vicsireland] Fwd: Databases/Information Systems
- From: Mairead O Mahony <maireadomahony@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:39:34 +0100
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From: Derville Spring <Derville.Spring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:54:15 +0100 (IST)
Subject: Databases/Information Systems
To: Mairead O Mahony <Mairead.OMahony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Mairead,
As requested, please find below indicative syllabus content for the
above modules.
D atabases - Indicative Syllabus Content No. Content %
Alloc Detail
1 Introduction to Databases
5 • Databases and Database Management Systems
• Components of the DBMS Environment
2 Database Environment
5 • Three-Level ANSI-SPARC Architecture
• Functions of a DBMS
3 The Relational Model
5 • Relations
• Keys
• Relational Integrity
4 Entity-Relational Modelling
15 • Notation and development of Entity-Relationship Diagrams
5 Normalization
5 • Databata Redundancy
• Anomalies
• Functional Dependencies
• Normalization Process
6 SQL
15 • DML
• DDL
7 Database Development
50 • Development of Business Database Systems (Practical).
Information Systems - Indicative Syllabus Content No. Content %
Alloc Detail
1 The Information Systems Function
10 • Role of Information Systems
• Information as a corporate asset
• Information Resource Management
2 System Development Life Cycle
15 • Classic System Development Life Cycle
• Prototyping
• Other development approaches
3 Implementation Issues
10 • hardware/software
• training
• Maintenance
4 Outsourcing IS/IT function
15
5 Providing Information for Decision-making
50
Problem Solving with spreadsheets
• Determining Effective Data Display with Charts
• Applying Logic
• Retrieving Data for Computations, Analysis & Reference
• Organising Data for Effective Analysis
• Data Tables, Scenarios What-If Analysis
• Automation & User Interface
The above are subject to change. Hope this information helps.
Kind regards
Derville
Ms Derville Spring
Lecturer Informatics Department
Institute of Technology, Tralee
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