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Last updated: 4 June 2021
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1 hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour workshop per week.
1 x 1 hour online seminar per fortnight.
The unit will cover two important foundational but related methods for capturing, representing, storing, organising, and retrieving structured, unstructured or loosely structured information. Firstly, the unit will focus on the fundamentals of data modelling and database technology. The relational data model will be investigated and the process of constructing database tables and related entities will be explored in depth. The second focus of the unit is information retrieval: the process of indexing and retrieving text documents. As a critical aspect of Web search engines, the field of Information Retrieval includes almost any type of unstructured or semi-structured data. Students will explore how search engines work, why they are successful, and to some degree how they fail.
Explain the difference between data and information and the difference between a traditional multiple- file system and a database.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2
Apply the concept of data modelling and use Entity-Relationship (ER) models to represent/data.
ULO3
Design and implement relational database systems through the use of SQL.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO4
Compare the difference between information retrieval technologies and justify the use of a particular one over another for a given scenario.
ULO5
Demonstrate information retrieval skills in the context of a data processing system.
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT772 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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