Advanced Databases

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate how a DBMS processes, optimises and executes a query
• Identify issues arising from concurrent or distributed processing and select appropriate approaches to mitigate those isues
• Choose appropriate approaches for data storage and access

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The internals of a database management system
• The variety of available DBMS types and the circumstances in which they are appropriate
• The issues involved in developing database management software

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select an appropriate DBMS for an application
• Implement components of a DBMS

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.