Unit Outline

Unit Name: Database Management Systems 1

Unit Number: 112
Teaching Period:
Semester 2

Year: 2009

Section A: General Information

Contact Unit Coordinator : Dr.. Mahesha Kapurubandara

Details Telephone: 2413900 – ext 4101
Email: mahesha.k@sliit.lk
Office Location: Level 8, MalabeCampus

Lecturers (Malabe ) : Mr. Asitha Perera

Miss. Manori Gamage

(Metro) : Mrs. Geetanjalie Wimalarathne

Miss. Manori Gamage

Mode of Delivery and This unit is taught by way of one x two hour lecture, one x one hour tutorial and one x two hour
Teaching Schedule /practical session a week.

Attendance Attendance at Tutorial/Practical sessions is mandatory. Students who have legitimate reasons for
Requirements non-attendance should contact the lecturer.
.

Section B: Unit Details

Objectives The goal of the course is to present a basic introduction to database management systems, with an
emphasis on database design methodologies (ER diagrams and normalization theory) and database query
languages (relational algebra and SQL). Students will design and implement a simple database system to
deepen their understanding of the basic database concepts and theories. After taking this course, you will
have the capability of developing simple database applications.

Outcomes Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

• Explain the fundamental concepts of Database Management Systems.

• Demonstrate an understanding of database principles and the technologies and theory underlying
database management systems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of data models (with an emphasis on the relational model), physical
data organization, data design, normalization, and querying.

Content This course is the first part of the Database Management Series I - III; it introduces theoretical concepts of
the modelling of data and its implementation, starting from the requirements analysis (what do I need for the
database system?) over the semantic design (Entity-Relationship modelling) and relational schema design to
the implementation using an implementation language (e.g. SQL). The content compounds a lecture and
exercises ; it will be selected topics out of the following ones:

• Much about data

• Historical review: data management systems in the last 50 years

• Current problems and challenges: different database type, data fusion and warehousing, business
intelligence (OLAP, Mining).

• Relational Database Systems base on the theory of sets

• Database concepts, general architecture, and DML, DDL, DCL

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 • Requirements and how to define them

• Data Modelling with the Entity Relationship Model

• Concepts of the relational database model

• Relational Algebra

• Introduction to SQL

• Functional Dependencies, Normalization

Student Students are expected to spend additional 5 out of class hours per week on the unit.
Workload
Texts Recommended Text:
Ragu Ramakrishnaan,
References
Connely and Begg, Elmasri Navathe,

Section C: Assessment Details

Assessment
Details This unit has the following assessment component(s):
 Continuous Assessment 35%

 Midterm Examination 15%

 Final Examination 50%

Forty percent (50%) of the unit will be in the form of continuous assessment, which will consist of the
following:

Continuous Type Objective Weight Due Date & Time

Assessment
Task
Lab Individual Completion of Practice modules in 5% Weekly
Attendance & preparation for Assignments and
Participation Exams.
Assignment 1 Group Demonstrate understanding of the 15% Weeks starting 17th August as
concepts of data modelling and ER part of normal workshop
Diagramming. sessions
Assignment 2 Group Demonstrate understanding of 15% Weeks starting 21st
concepts of process of database September as part of normal
development and refinement using workshop sessions
normalisation

Assessment All assignments items must be submitted to pass the unit.

Requirements
Formal The Midterm l Examination will be a closed book formal examination of one (1) hour duration .. Exam
Examinations questions may range over all topics treated in the unit, including those studied in lectures, tutorial/laboratory
classes, and self-study modules and exercises.

The Final Examination will be a closed book formal examination of three (3) hours duration with 10 minutes
reading time. Exam questions may range over all topics treated in the unit, including those studied in
lectures, tutorial/laboratory classes, and self-study modules and exercises.

Late A student who submits a late assessment without approval of the lecturer for an extension will not be given
Submission any marks.

Section E: Important Information, Policies and Procedures for Students

This information is to be read and applied in conjunction with each unit outline of your course.

Academic honesty policy

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 Copying an assignment from another student in this class or obtaining a solution from some other source will lead to an
automatic failure for this course and to a disciplinary action. Allowing another student to copy one's work will be treated as an act
of academic dishonesty, leading to the same penalty as copying. You should learn how to protect your data. Failure to do so is
also unprofessional and it may expose you to the danger that someone will copy your homework and will submit it as his or her
own (see above). In this case, you may be given a score of 0 for the assignment in question (and the other party will get a
failure).

What is Academic Misconduct?

Academic Misconduct may involve one or more of the following:

Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves submitting or presenting work in a unit as if it were the student's own work done expressly for that
particular unit when, in fact, it was not. Most commonly, plagiarism exists when:
a. the work submitted or presented was done, in whole or in part, by an individual other than the one submitting or
presenting the work;
b. parts of the work are taken from another source without reference to the original author; or
c. the whole work, such as an essay, is copied from another source such as a website or another student's essay.

Acts of plagiarism may occur deliberately or inadvertently

a. Inadvertent plagiarism occurs through inappropriate application or use of material without reference to the original
source or author. In these instances, it should be clear that the student did not have the intention to deceive. The
University views inadvertent plagiarism as an opportunity to educate students about the appropriate academic
conventions in their field of study.
b. Deliberate plagiarism occurs when a student, using material from another source and presenting it as his or her
own, has the intention to deceive. The University views a deliberate act of plagiarism as a serious breach of
academic standards of behaviour for which severe penalties will be imposed.

Collusion
Collusion includes inciting, assisting, facilitating, concealing or being involved in plagiarism, cheating or other academic
misconduct with others.

Cheating
Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
a. dishonest or attempted dishonest conduct during an examination, such as speaking to other candidates or otherwise
communicating with them;
b. bringing into the examination room any textbook, notebook, memorandum, other written material or mechanical or
electronic device (including mobile phones), or any other item, not authorised by the examiner;
c. writing an examination or part of it, or consulting any person or materials outside the confines of the examination room,
without permission to do so;
d. leaving answer papers exposed to view, or persistent attempts to read other students' examination papers; or
e. cheating in take-home examinations, which includes, but is not limited to:

(i) making available notes, papers or answers in connection with the examination (in whatever form) to others
without the permission of the relevant lecturer;
(ii) receiving answers, notes or papers in connection with the examination (in whatever form) from another
student, or another source, without the permission of the relevant lecturer; and
(iii) Unauthorised collaboration with another person or student in the formulation of an assessable component of
work.

Mode of
Delivery

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