Module Descriptors
DATABASE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
COIS70929
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Edmund Dudley
Email: Carl.Dudley@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
100% individual ASSIGNMENT consisting of
- Research based element (1500 words) 50% assessing Learning outcome 1
- Complex implementation element 50% assessing Learning outcome 2
Module Learning Strategies
18 hours of lectures and 18 hours of practical sessions. In the practical session you will work through exercises to get hands-on experience of the principles taught in the lecture.
Module Texts
Advanced Standard SQL Dynamic Structured Data Modelling and Hierarchical Processing; Michael M. David; 2013; Artech House Publishers; ISBN: 1608075338

Big Data, Big Analytics: Emerging Business Intelligence and Analytic Trends for Today's Businesses; Minelli et al; 2013; John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 111814760X
Module Resources
None
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Indicative Content
Current database research
Cloud, Big Data
NoSQL vs sql
XML and JSON in database
Mongo, Hadoop
Current database architectures eg Sharding, etc
Column versus Row database
Object Oriented databases
Non relational compared to relation approaches
Database concepts, Database theory
Data modelling, Process modelling
Data Manipulation:
Database creation: