You'd need to provide the names of the applications you will be using. -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mairead O Mahony Sent: 03 September 2009 13:46 To: vicsireland Subject: [vicsireland] Fwd: Databases/Information Systems ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ta an r-phost seo fe reir an tseanta / na seanta seo leanas ata le fail ag This e-mail is subject to the following disclaimer(s) available at http://www.ittralee.ie/EmailDisclaimer.html Smaoinigh ar an dtimpeallacht sula bpriontaileann tu an r-phost seo Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ta an r-phost seo fe reir an tseanta / na seanta seo leanas ata le fail ag This e-mail is subject to the following disclaimer(s) available at http://www.ittralee.ie/EmailDisclaimer.html Smaoinigh ar an dtimpeallacht sula bpriontaileann tu an r-phost seo Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org ==========================================================The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org