Database Systems
Module ID
Y402
Semester
4
Hours/Week - ECTS
5 – 5

Garani Georgia
Associate Professor
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand the role and architecture of DB systems
- Model and design DB
- Program databases
- Know the Physical Organization of the DBs
- Install and manage DB systems
Indicative Module Content
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Introduction to Database Management Systems (DMS)
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The architecture of a DBMS
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Data modeling with the Entity-Relationship (E/R) Model
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The Relational model
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Conversion of an Entity-Relationship Model to the Relational Model
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Relational Algebra
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The SQL language (data definition and management)
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Introduction to a Relational Database System
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Functional Dependencies and Normalization