1. CIT 3225: Database Systems Course Outlines
Ch0: Introduction
Ch1: Database System Concepts and architecture
Ch2: Data modeling using the entity-relationship model
Ch3: Relational data model concepts
Ch4: Introduction to SQL
Ch5: Database design concepts and Normalization Theory
Ch6: Query processing and Optimization Techniques
Ch7: Transaction Processing Concepts
Ch8: Concurrency Control Techniques
Ch9: Database Security and Authorization
Ch10: Introduction to Distributed Database System
2. ◈ Database:
Integrated collection of stored operational data used
by the application systems of a particular
enterprise.
★ Examples:
Retail sector-department stores, Food outlets,
Mass storage-weather records,
Health industry - patient records, etc.
3. ◈ Data vs. Information
★Data:
* Raw facts, concepts, characters, analog quantitie
* A formalized manner suitable for communication or
processing by humans.
* Data items to supply some information about an entity.
★Information:
Meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the
known conventions used in their representation.
