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PRT563 - Advanced Data Management

2024

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Information Technology

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

(PRT561)

Prerequisites

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

HIT234 - DATABASE CONCEPTS

Unit Description

This unit covers the application of Big Data tools and technologies. It establishes a strong working knowledge of the concepts, techniques and products. The main focus is on the graph data, tree-structured extensible markup language, data, key-value pair and nested pairs, semi-structured Java Script Object Notation data, columnar and record-oriented data as well as object-oriented data. The fragmentation, replication and consistency strategies for data management in distributed databases will also be covered. Students must have access to a reliable high-speed broadband connection.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Apply methods/techniques and tools required to identify and obtain information from data silos.
2.	Critically examine standards, techniques and tools used to access a variety of data from media.
3.	Evaluate and recommend different database systems for different purposes.
4.	Analyse issues relating to multi-model databases and multi-database architectures.
5.	Critically evaluate the ethical requirements relating to the organisation, management, storage and stewardship of data.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Group Project Plan (300 words per student)	10%	2,5'
2.	Group Project Presentation (4 mins per student)	30%	1,2,3'
3.	Individual Middle Semester Test (1 hour)	20%	2,3,4,5
4.	Group Project Report (2000 words per student)	40%	1,2,3,4,5'

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2024	Semester 2	Internal	CDU Sydney	OLR	View
2024	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2024	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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