Database Management Course (Beginner)

Instructor: Mohammad Yasin Ud Dowla

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Course Duration:

11 weeks (2 hours per week)

Prerequisites:

Basic computer skills, familiarity with SQL is helpful but not required.

Tools:

SQL, MySQL, MySQL Workbench/phpMyAdmin/MS SQL Server

Course Objectives

  • Understand the purpose and benefits of using a database management system.
  • Grasp the core concepts of the relational database model.
  • Design simple database structures using Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs).
  • Basic Structured Query Language (SQL) queries to read, add, update, and delete data.
  • Apply normalization techniques to improve database design.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Databases (Week 1)

  • • What is a database?
  • • Traditional file systems vs. Database Management Systems (DBMS)
  • • Advantages of using a DBMS
  • • Real-world applications of databases

Module 2: The Relational Model (Week 2)

  • • Understanding the relational database model
  • • Key components of a relational database: Tables, Columns, Rows
  • • Data types in databases
  • • Primary and Foreign Keys
  • • Relational operators

Module 3: Entity-Relationship Modeling (Week 3)

  • • Introduction to Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs)
  • • Identifying entities, attributes, and relationships
  • • Notation for representing ERDs
  • • Converting ERDs to relational tables

Module 4: Introduction to SQL (Week 4-6)

  • • Introduction to SQL: a powerful query language
  • • The SQL commands: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
  • • Using WHERE clause for filtering data
  • • Combining tables using JOIN operations
  • • Sorting and aggregating data

Module 5: Database Design and Normalization (Week 7-8)

  • • Importance of good database design
  • • Introduction to normalization
  • • Normalization forms (1NF, 2NF, 3NF)
  • • Benefits of normalization

Module 6: Additional Topics (Optional: Week 9-10)

  • • Introduction to database security concepts
  • • Introduction to database administration tasks
  • • Introduction to different types of databases (NoSQL)

Module 7: Assessment (Week 11)

  • • Weekly quizzes and assignments based on the covered topics
  • • Hands-on exercises to practice writing SQL queries
  • • Design project: Creating an ERD and corresponding relational tables for a given scenario
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