Study program
First cycle study programme in mathematics (Bachelor
level)
1st cycle
Study level
Course title
Databases
Course code
MAT01-023
Language of instruction
English
Course objective. Students should learn about different
data models, principles of database modelling, and acquire
skills required to use databases. Through exercises they
should gain an insight into database management systems
(MS Access, MS SQL and MySQL) and basic database
administration.
Prerequisites. Introduction to computer science.
Introduction to programming.
Course description
Course contents.
1. Data management in information society.
Basic concepts: data, database, information,
knowledge. Data processing systems. Formatted and
unformatted data records. Transaction and analytic
databases. Information systems.
2. Methodological foundations of database modelling.
System theory and system analysis. Models and
descriptive modelling. Submodels of database
management systems. Data models. Database models.
Databases.
3. Physical data modelling.
Principles of physical data recording on external
memory data carriers. Physical data organisation:
successive, direct and index. Methods of data search.
Distributed databases.
4. Conceptual data model.
Data model concepts. Entities-relationship model.
Graphic representation of entities-relationship model.
Design of entities-relationship model and a design
example.
5. Logical data models.
Relationships between data. N-ary. Hierarchical data
model. Network data model. Relational data model.
Relational algebra. Integrity rules in relational model.
Database shaping. SQL – non-procedural language for
working with a relational database. Translating an
entities-relationship model into a relational model.
Object model. UML. File model.
6. Logical modelling of analytic data.
Data warehouse. Dimensional model of data
warehouse. Methods of data warehouse design.
Operations in a dimensional model. Analytical data
processing. Discovering knowledge out of data.
7. Structured databases.
Database management systems. Codd's rules and
relational databases. Data safety. Log of transactions.
Basic administration of database management systems.
Guidelines for connecting programme application and
database. XML and integration of heterogenous data
sources.
8. Semi-structured databases.
Textual and multimedial databases (document bases).
Document management. Web as a base of semistructured data. Search methods. Portals – usage and
design.
Form of teaching
consultative teaching
Form of assessment
Students' progress is assessed regularly during the
semester through preliminary tests and homework
assignments. At the end of the course students take
the examination consisting of a written and an oral
part.
Number of ECTS
5
Class hours per week
2+2+0
Minimum number of
students
Period of realization
winter semester
Lecturer
Branimir Dukić, Associate Professor