Short Course in Database Implementation (7554X)

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. Students must have access to their own personal computer running Microsoft Windows and the Microsoft

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 purpose of this short course is to provide an introduction to practical aspects of conceptual database design. This covers the implementation of databases in a software package where students learn the skills of creating databases, forms, reports, queries and maintaining databases.

Modules:

CSDB2D3 - IMPLEMENTING AND USING RELATIONAL DATABASES