To provide students with:
• An awareness of the need for a database system, its role in an organisation and the standard Database Management System (DBMS) architecture.
• An insight into the Database Management System (DBMS) functions and how the components interact to produce high-quality data management.
• Skills to analyse database requirements and design wellstructured logical database designs using appropriate methodologies.
• Skills to produce physical implementations supporting business functions and the management of data integrity using a suitable relational DBMS.
• Ability to understand the need for a database programming language and using the Structured Query Language (SQL) to define database structures, maintain data integrity and manipulate corporate data.
• An understanding of physical database design concepts.
• An appreciation of the techniques available to provide effective user interfaces to database systems.
• An understanding of the need for distributed processing, distributed databases and client-server architectures in a multi-user environment.
• An appreciation of internet and web-enabled database technologies.
• The ability to evaluate the legal, ethical and social issues of storing large amounts of data and various security techniques employed to ensure that it is used appropriately.

Certification Exam
H34