Information Technology (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00093
Name of lecturer
Claudio Capiluppi
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Academic sector
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. II B dal Apr 21, 2008 al May 31, 2008.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

The course is organized in two modules.
The first module introduces the modern computerized systems for the information management, guiding the participants, through group applied activities in computer laboratory, to design a small personal database.
The second module aims to give the fundamentals about architecture and operations of the main Internet services, to promote an aware and safe utilization of the ICT (information and communication technologies).
Some usefull software tools are also presented, in order to favor a better understanding of the computer world, and a better control of the computer instrument.

Syllabus

1. Data bases.
1.1. Introduction to the data bases. Systems software for the management of data bases (DBMS). The relational data bases.
1.2. The conceptual designing. The E-R model. Relations between entities. From the analysis of requirement to the conceptual model. The problem of the redundancy and the consistency of the data base.
1.3. The logical designing. The relational model. Functional dependencies and the Normalization.
1.4. The physical designing. Data types. Indices and efficiency. Referential integrity.
1.5. The SQL Language. Operations of interrogation of a relational data base. Selection query. Types of Join. Parameterization of a query. Aggregation query and data sinthesis. Complex and nested queries.
1.6. Practical laboratory with MS Access. Data structure and applications. Tables and relations. Indices and ties. Writing a query in SQL language.

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
Ramakrishnan R., Gehrke J. Sistemi di Basi di Dati McGraw-Hill 2004 8838661146

Assessment methods and criteria

Attending students: presentation and discussion of a database project developed during the practices guided in laboratory + oral talk on the second part of the program.

Not attending: oral talk on the arguments in program + written relation of a book about of e-learning, preventively agreed with the teacher.

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