[vicsireland] Re: Fwd: Databases/Information Systems

  • From: "Darragh" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:54:30 +0100

You'd need to provide the names of the applications you will be using.

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Subject: [vicsireland] Fwd: Databases/Information Systems

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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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