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Area/Catalogue
INFS 5111

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
160502

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s

The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.

Course owner

Course owner
UniSA STEM

Course aim

To introduce theory and practices required to develop and manage databases and data warehouses that will support the information needs of an organisation

Course content

The relational model and database constraints;

Data management and retrieval using SQL;

Database conceptual design;

Database logical design;

Data warehouse architecture and components;

Star and snow flake schemas;

the Multidimensional model;

the Relational model for OLAP;

Data warehouse design;

Data upload and update; and

Reporting and analysis.

Textbook(s)

Jukic, N 2013, Database Systems: Introduction to Databases and Data Warehouses, Prentice Hall

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
Group 1
These courses are designed to be taken together as part of an Employer Reserve program.
INFS 5109 Big Data Basics AAI
INFS 5110 Business Intelligence and Analytics AAI
MATH 5046 Statistics for Data Science AAI

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
These courses are designed to be taken together as part of an Employer Reserve program. 4 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Assignment, Continuous assessment, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

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