DM505: Database Design and Programming

Study Board of Science

Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N330029102
Assessment: Second examiner: External
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Bachelor

STADS ID (UVA): N330029101
ECTS value: 5

Date of Approval: 14-09-2022


Duration: 1 semester

Version: Archive

Comment

The course is co read with: Database Systems (10 ECTS).

Entry requirements

None

Academic preconditions

Students taking the course are expected to have basic proficiency in programming in general.

Course introduction

The purpose of this course is to give the student theoretical skills and practical experience in the use, design, and implementation of a relational database.
The content of DM550 – Introduction to Programming must be known. Basic knowledge about modelling of software systems is also assumed.
The course provides the basis for the course ‘principles of database systems’.

In relation to the learning outcomes of the degree the course has explicit focus on:
  • giving the competence to plan and design a relational database
  • knowledge of structured querying and manipulating relational databases
  • application of a relational database system to model real world data
  • developing skills in the programming of database applications
  • giving the competences to handle complex and development-oriented situations in study and work contexts
  • skills to identify own learning needs and to structure own learning in different learning environments

Expected learning outcome

The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:

  • design a suitable conceptual model for a database, on the basis of a problem description
  • transform a conceptual model for a database into a suitable relational model
  • write SQL queries for a relational database
  • optimize
    a relational database through choice of indexes, use of equivalent
    SQL-expressions, and use of the theory of normal forms
  • access a  database from an application program.
  • describe work done on the above subjects in clear and precise language, and in a structured fashion
  • justify design conditions
  • describe, formulate and communicate issues and results to specialists and non-specialists, or project partners and end users

Content

The following main topics are contained in the course:

  • Relational databases
  • database design (conceptual data modelling, normal forms)
  • relational algebra
  • SQL
  • database access from application programs
  • database systems

Literature

See itslearning for syllabus lists and additional literature references.

Examination regulations

Exam element a)

Timing

Spring

Tests

1-day take-home exam

EKA

N330029102

Assessment

Second examiner: External

Grading

7-point grading scale

Identification

Full name and SDU username

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Duration

24 hours

Examination aids

To be announced during the course

ECTS value

5

Additional information

Re examination is an oral examination, 7 scale, internal co-examination two or more assessors

Indicative number of lessons

42 hours per semester

Teaching Method

The course consists of partially interactive lectures (22 hours), exercise sessions (20 hours), and reading and study activities at home or in study groups.

Teacher responsible

Name E-mail Department
Peter Schneider-Kamp petersk@imada.sdu.dk Data Science

Timetable

Administrative Unit

Institut for Matematik og Datalogi (datalogi)

Team at Educational Law & Registration

NAT

Offered in

Odense

Recommended course of study

Profile Education Semester Offer period

Transition rules

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