Short Course in Database Design (70041)

Duration: Semester course (offered during Semester 1 and Semester 2)

Language medium: English

Tuition method: Distance learning only: The distance teaching model of Unisa will be used in offering this course.

Target group:

The target group for this course people without any prior knowledge of databases, or persons who are end users of databases but have never been involved in designing a database, or lastly, persons who may have used 4GL tools to build database applications, but who lack the conceptual background on relational databases and knowledge as to how to optimise the design of relational tables for an application.

Admission requirements:

Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification.
We assume that you have previously passed a computer literacy course or have end-user experience in using computers and the Microsoft Windows environment.

Registration periods:

Semester Registration Periods

Course leader details:

Mr ME Bogopa
School of Computing
Office: GJG 3-014, GJ Gerwel Building, UNISA Science Campus, Florida
E-mail: cense@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Purpose statement:

The goal of this short course is to provide an introduction to conceptual database design. Conceptual databases are designed where basic concepts are introduced and students get the opportunity to apply these concepts.

Modules:

CSDB1DX - DATABASE DESIGN MODULE 1