Design and Use of Relational DatabasesLaajuus (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet

Opintojakso vastaa sisällöltään ja tavoitteiltaan opintojaksoa TT00BM52 Databases.

Opintojakson osaamistavoitteiden kuvaus englanniksi: After completing the course, the student understands the basics of database systems, and especially the operating principles of relational databases. The student learns how to design and model a database with ER technique, transform it to relational schema and further implement it as a relational database. After the course, the student knows how to use at least one well-known database management system (SQLite, MySQL or similar), can plan and create relational databases as well as apply SQL for most common query and update operations to the database..

Sisältö

Opintojakso vastaa sisällöltään ja tavoitteiltaan opintojaksoa TT00BM52 Databases.

Opintojakson sisällön kuvaus englanniksi: In the database design part of the course, students familiarize themselves with database thinking and the principles of data management from a quality perspective. Key topics include data modeling using ER diagrams, relational schema representations and normalization technique for validating the quality of the design. In the database use part of the course, students apply structured query language (SQL) to create a database (SQL DDL), and to manipulate and search data in the database (SQL DML). The course consists of self-study materials and practical exercises with a final test.

Esitietovaatimukset

The course is suitable for beginners and no previous studies are necessary.