Monash University Handbook 2011 Undergraduate - Unit

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Summer semester A 2011 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2011 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts necessary for the analysis, design, use and implementation of business information systems using relational database management systems. The main topics covered include requirements elicitation, systems analysis and design informed by a lifecycle based methodology, motivation for the database approach to managing information, conceptual modelling, coverage of logical process and data models, and the use of SQL and other facilities provided by database management systems.

Objectives

At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:

• the purpose of requirements specification, of functional modelling of processes and data, and of the database concept;
• the relational database model;
• how to apply integrity constraints and business rules to a system design and implementation based around an enterprise level database management system.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

• understand business information systems as the implementation of company policies and objectives;
• respect the points of view of both technical and business actors in the system development process.

Developed the skills to:

• develop functional models of processes and data of the business problem scenario;
• design and implement a database;
• implement integrity constraints and business rules in a database;
• write queries in SQL to maintain and use a relational database.

Demonstrated the communication and teamwork skills necessary to:

• communicate requirements for business functionality in terms of data required, management of that data and its processing;
• work co-operatively in a professional systems development team.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 70%; In-semester assessment: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Shyh Wei Teng

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Completion of 24 points at level 2

Prohibitions

FIT1004, FIT9003, CSE9002, BUS3112, BUS4112, IMS9001, IMS9003, GCO9804, BUS9003, BUS5071, GCO3851
This unit is not available to any student enrolled in an FIT degree

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit3128