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Midterm evaluation

CYB502 · Databases — Midterm

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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

  1. Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
  2. Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Compare several major database management systems.
  • 1.2 Describe the key concepts of database systems.
  • 1.3 Explain the principle of queries and views in databases.
  • 1.4 Explain the use of the SQL query language in databases.
  • 1.5 Critically evaluate the benefits of the relational database model.
  • 2.1 Identify user requirements and needs for data for particular applications.
  • 2.2 Create an entity-relationship diagram based on user requirements.
  • 2.3 Explain the process of normalisation and its importance in database design.
  • 2.4 Implement a relational database schema that satisfies user requirements.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Database concepts: tables (entities), attributes and relati…
  • Week 2: Database models (hierarchical, network, relational) compare…
  • Week 3: Database management systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB …
  • Week 4: Queries and views; introduction to SQL: SELECT, INSERT, UPD…
  • Week 5: Requirements gathering and entity-relationship diagrams for…
  • Week 6: Normalisation using normal forms: reducing redundancy and i…
  • Week 7: Converting an ER diagram to SQL and deploying the schema in…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: SQL queries for extracting, updating and manipulating recor…
  • Week 10: Server-side programming with PHP: HTTP GET and POST, connec…
  • Week 11: Building a PHP web application on the database, including a…
  • Week 12: Applying Databases in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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