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Area/Catalogue
INFT 2068

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Study Method
100% online

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Course ID
171418

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Unit Value
4.5

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UniSA Online Elective Course
Yes

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Duration
10 weeks

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Availability/Timetable(s)

Study Period 4

Course aim

To provide the skills to interact with existing large sets that are structured or unstructured.

Course content

Topics in this course include: concurrency and transaction management; data organisation, hash, indexes, query optimisation, active databases, and procedures; distributed database design, fragmentation, and replication; distributed transaction; data warehouse architecture and components; data warehouse modelling: star and snow flake; analysis: multidimensional Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and relational OLAP; warehouse design, data uploading, updating and integration.

Textbooks

Connolly, Thomas M; Begg, Carolyn E 2015, Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management: Global Edition, 6th Edition, Pearson Education Limited ISBN:9781292061184 , United Kingdom

Prerequisites

Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
Group 1
Students must complete one of the following courses
INFT 1032 UO Data Driven Web Technologies
INFS 1025 Data Driven Web Technologies

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online 10 weeks x N/A

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

Assessment

Programming exercise, Skills demonstration, Test/Quiz

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
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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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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