Computer Applications syllabus
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Computer Applications
5 units
2 Information Storage Technologies in Use (6 LHs)
4 SQL and Database Operations (10 LHs)
5 Advanced Database Concepts and Operations (14 LHs)
1. Introduction to Computer Applications (8 LHs)
- Data and Information; definition and characteristics of DBMS
- File organizations: sequential and indexed sequential
- Information systems
- Transaction processing systems and office automation systems
2. Information Storage Technologies in Use (6 LHs)
- Data storage in flat file, unstructured and semi-structured
- Introduction to RDBMS
- Web, big data and NoSQL
3. Database Systems (10 LHs)
- Concepts, architecture and models
- Data models
- DBMS architecture and data independence
- Database environment and E-R model
- Relational Model
4. SQL and Database Operations (10 LHs)
- Introduction to SQL
- Queries
- Set operations and Null values
- Joined relation
- DDL and DML
5. Advanced Database Concepts and Operations (14 LHs)
- Constraints, views, triggers and transactions
- Security and integrity violations
- Access control and authorization
- Indexes
- OLAP, data cube, report generator
- Applications of database systems in organizations