Course Brief

The module aims to introduce students to the use of database solutions to solve business and organisational problems. Reliance on data driven decision making has become one of the deciding factors for businesses to have an edge over their competitors. Among many advantages of data driven decision making is to facilitate businesses with insight into their general operations to improve their performance. Organisations have come to regard business data as invaluable assets that must be harnessed to cope with a rapidly changing business environment. To capture and use the avalanche of data that is being generated daily, the use of database solutions has become increasingly important.

This module will give students knowledge and an understanding of the concepts and issues related to the design and development of database solutions, based on organisational needs. The students will learn to query and manipulate data as well as determine when and how to optimise existing database solutions.

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  1. Demonstrate an understanding of when and how to provide database solutions, based on organisational needs and user requirements.
  2. Use appropriate tools and techniques to design a relational database solution based on organisational needs and user requirements.
  3. Implement a functional relational database solution to meet organisational needs and user requirements.Test and document the database solution against all established requirements.

1. Database systems in use and industrial application, e.g., as back-end systems, in e-commerce, cloud database, data mining applications, structure and unstructured data, etc. The need for a database, compared to flat files.
2. Requirements elicitation for database, e.g., scenario analysis, organizational, business and users.
3. Database contents: Relational database; tables, data elements, data types, indexes, primary/foreign keys, entity relationship.
4. Database Design: Tools and techniques, conceptual, logical, physical model, entity relationship modelling, Chen, crow foot, integrity, data normalization to third normal form, etc.,
5. Implement a functional relational database solution based on a design; the use of interface and SQL to create database and tables, etc.
6. SQL statements.
7. Testing against user and system requirements.
8. Optimising the database; indexes, store procedure, view etc.

Students are required to apply their understanding to tasks at the allocated times and engage with staff for feedback and peer discussion.

Coursework – 100%

  • BSc (Hons) Computing

    The BSc (Hons) Computing programme with specialisms in network systems or information systems is offered by SBCS Global Learning Institute, in collaboration with the University of Greenwich (UK). It is recognized by the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT) and is the next step after completing any one of the qualifications listed below: 

    • SBCS Diploma in Computing
    • Cape/A-level graduates,
    • Comparable qualification as assessed by the University of Greenwich

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    The next intake for this programme will be in SEPTEMBER 2025

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    • Comprises of twenty modules and one Final Project
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