University of Management and Technology

Course Outline
Course code… CC2141...... Course title…Database systems………………

BSCS, BSSE
Program

4 (3+1)
Credit Hours

16 Weeks
Duration

Data Structure
Prerequisites

Shakra Mehak
Resource Person

NA
Counseling Timing

(Room# 30)
Shakra.mehak@skt.umt.edu.pk

Contact

Chairman/Director signature………………………………….

Dean’s signature…………………………… Date………………………………………….

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Learning Objective:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

 Students will be able to understand the Database System environment

 Students will be able to Design and Implement a Relational database for real life
problems

 Students will be Expertise in writing SQL queries

 Students will have Good concepts of modeling techniques (ERD)

 Students will be able to suggest a Centralized Distributed system according to
organizational needs

 Students will be able to design and implement solutions for the small business
organizations

Learning Methodology:
Material for this course will be presented using multiple teaching approaches: lecture and
discussion, exploration and inquiry, field experiences, cooperative group work, demonstrations,
role plays, labs, and/or presentations.

Grade Evaluation Criteria

Following is the criteria for the distribution of marks to evaluate final grade in
a semester.

Letter Grade Grade points

A+/A 4.0

A- 3.7

B+ 3.3

B 3.0

B- 2.7

C+ 2.3

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C 2.0

C- 1.7

F 0.0

P (Pass) -

I (Incomplete) -

W (Withdrawal) -

SA (Short Attendance) -

Marks Evaluation Marks in percentage

Quizzes 10%
Assignments 10%
Mid Term 25%
Term Project 10%
Term Project Presentations 5%
Final exam 40%
Total 100%
Recommended Text Books:
 Thomas Connally * Carolyn Begg “Database Systems 4th Edition

Reference Books:
 Fundamentals of Database by ElMasri 6th Ed

 “Database Systems” Design, Implementation, Management by Peter Rob and

Carlos Coronel, 5th Ed

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 Calendar of Course contents to be covered during semester

Course code… CC2141...... Course title…Database systems………………

Week Course Contents Reference Chapter(s)

File Systems and Databases: Introducing the Database; Chapter 1

Historical roots of the database; Files and File system, A
File system Critique; File System Data Management,
1
Structural and Data dependence, Field Definitions and
Naming Conventions, Data Redundancy, Database
Systems: Database system Environment, Roles in Database
Environment: Types of Database Management Systems,
DBMS Functions, Managing the Database System ,History of
Database Management Systems, Advantages and
Disadvantages of DBMS

Functions of DBMS; Components of DBMS; Multi-User DBMS; Chapter 2

Architectures, Teleprocessing, File-Server, Client-Server
Database Design and Modeling: ANSI-SPARC Architecture,
2
Database Models: Hierarchical Model, Network Model,
Relational Model, Entity. Relationship Data Model, Object-
Oriented Model, Database Languages: Data Definition
Language (DDL), Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Introduction to RDBMS: A logical view of Data; Entities and Chapter 3

Attributes, Tables and their Characteristics, Keys. History of
Relational Model: Terminologies: Relational Data Structures,
3
Mathematical Relation; Database Relations, Relational Keys,
Representing. Relational Database Schemas.

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 Relational Integrity: Null; Entity Integrity; Enterprise Chapter 3
constraints.

Relational Algebra: Unary Operations, Set Operations, Join Chapter 4

Operations, Division Operations, Tuple Relational Calculus;
Domain Relational Calculus
5

Structured Query Language (SQL): Chapter 5

Introduction to SQL; Objective of SQL; History of SQL;

6 Importance of SQL, SQL: Introduction to Data Definition

Commands, Data Manipulation Commands, Data control
Language

SQL: Data Manipulation Commands, Data Entry, Saving the

Table Contents, Listing the Table Contents, Making a
Correction, Restoring the Table Contents, Deleting Table
Rows. Group Functions.

SQL: Joins, Natural join, Theta Join, Outer Join, Left outer Join, Chapter 6
Right Outer Join,

Self-Join; Sub Queries: Single Row and multiple Row.

7

Database Design: Entity Relationship (E-R) Modeling: Chapter 11

Basic Modeling Concepts;

Data Models; Degrees of Data Abstraction; Conceptual Model,

Internal Model, External Model, Physical Model. Entity
8
Relationship (E-R) Model: Entities, Attributes, Relationships,
Connectivity

and Cardinality, Relationship Strength (Existence

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 Dependency), Relationship

Participation, Relationship Strength and weak entities,

Relationship Degree

Midterms

Specialization/Generalization For EERD: Chapter 12

Super Classes & Sub Classes; Super Class / Sub Class
Relationships; Attributes
10 Inheritance; Specialization Process; Generalization Process;
Constraints on

Specialization/Generalization; Aggregation Composition

Normalization: Process of Normalization: First Normal Form, Chapter 13

Second Normal

11 Form: Full Functional Dependency, Third Normal Form:

Transitive Dependency

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 Procedural SQL: Triggers, Stored Procedures, PL/SQL Stored Chapter 20
Functions. Complex Queries and SQL Functions;

12
Transaction Management and Concurrency Control:
What is a Transaction; Evaluating Transaction Results,
Transaction Properties, Transaction Management with
SQL, Transaction Log, Transaction Types. Concurrency
Control: Lost Updates, Un-committed Data, Inconsistent
Retrievals, Dirty Data, Fuzzy Read, Scheduler

DDBMS: Comparison of Centralized and Distributed Chapter 22

Databases: Evolution,

Advantages & Disadvantages. Distributed processing and

13
distributed databases. What is a DDBMS?

Data Warehousing(DWH): Introduction to Data Chapter 31

Warehousing, Data warehouse

Architecture, Data warehouse Information flow;

14

Data Warehousing(DWH):Data warehousing tools and Chapter 31

technologies, Data Marts,

Designing Data warehouses. Revision

15

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