Course Objectives:

The following are the major objectives of this course:

• define a Database Management System
• give a description of the Database Management structure
• define a Database
• define basic foundational terms of Database
• understand the applications of Databases
• know the advantages and disadvantages of the different models
• compare relational model with the Structured Query Language(SQL)
• know the constraints and controversies associated with relational database model.
• know the rules guiding transaction ACID
• identify the major types of relational management systems
• compare and contrast the types of RDBMS based on several criteria
• understand the concept of data planning and Database design