ECTS - Advanced Databases
Advanced Databases (CMPE541) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Databases | CMPE541 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 
| Pre-requisite Course(s) | 
|---|
| N/A | 
| Course Language | English | 
|---|---|
| Course Type | Elective Courses | 
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree | 
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face | 
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture. | 
| Course Lecturer(s) |  | 
| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to introduce students to advanced concepts of designing and implementing database systems. | 
| Course Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course; 
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| Course Content | Database system concepts, transaction processing, concurrency control and database recovery, object-oriented and object-relational databases, semi-structured data and XML, parallel and distributed databases, advanced concepts of distributed databases, introduction to big data, temporal databases. | 
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Lecture Notes | 
| 2 | Transaction Processing Concepts | Lecture Notes Chapter 20 (Text Book 1) Chapter 17 (Text Book 2) | 
| 3 | Transaction Processing Concepts | Lecture Notes Chapter 20 (Text Book 1) Chapter 17 (Text Book 2) | 
| 4 | Concurrency Control Techniques | Lecture Notes Chapter 20 (Text Book 1) Chapter 18 (Text Book 2) | 
| 5 | Concurrency Control Techniques | Lecture Notes Chapter 20 (Text Book 1) Chapter 18 (Text Book 2) | 
| 6 | Database Recovery Techniques | Lecture Notes Chapter 20 (Text Book 1) Chapter 19 (Text Book 2) | 
| 7 | Object-oriented and Object-relational databases | Lecture Notes Chapter 26, 27, 28 (Text Book 1) Chapter 10 (Text Book 2) | 
| 8 | Semi-structured data and XML | Lecture Notes Chapter 30 (Text Book 1) Chapter 11 (Text Book 2) | 
| 9 | Semi-structured data and XML | Lecture Notes Chapter 30 (Text Book 1) Chapter 11 (Text Book 2) | 
| 10 | Parallel and Distributed Databases | Lecture Notes Chapter 22 (Text Book 1) Chapter 20 (Text Book 2) | 
| 11 | Distributed Databases – Advanced Concepts | Lecture Notes Chapter 23 (Text Book 1) | 
| 12 | Distributed Databases – Advanced Concepts | Lecture Notes Chapter 23 (Text Book 1) | 
| 13 | Big Data – Apache Hadoop, MapReduce & Pig Latin | Lecture Notes | 
| 14 | Temporal Databases | Lecture Notes | 
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Review | 
Sources
| Course Book | 1. “Database Systems: A practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management”, T. Collony & Carolyn Begg, 5th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2010. | 
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| 2. Database Systems: The Complete Book, 2nd Ed, Garcia-Molina, Ullman and Widom, Pearson, 2008. | |
| Other Sources | 3. “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, 5th Edition, Ramez Elmasri & Shamkant B. Navathe, Addison-Wesley, 2006. | 
| 4. Apache Hadoop Project, available at http://hadoop.apache.org/ | 
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade | 
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - | 
| Laboratory | - | - | 
| Application | - | - | 
| Field Work | - | - | 
| Special Course Internship | - | - | 
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - | 
| Homework Assignments | - | - | 
| Presentation | - | - | 
| Project | 3 | 30 | 
| Report | - | - | 
| Seminar | - | - | 
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 35 | 
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 | 
| Toplam | 5 | 100 | 
| Percentage of Semester Work | 65 | 
|---|---|
| Percentage of Final Work | 35 | 
| Total | 100 | 
Course Category
| Core Courses | X | 
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses | 
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Gains the ability to apply advanced computing and/or information knowledge in solving software engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Develops solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches. | X | ||||
| 3 | Gains the ability to design, implement, and evaluate a software system, component, process, or program using modern techniques and engineering tools for software engineering practices. | X | ||||
| 4 | Gains ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements. | X | ||||
| 5 | Gains skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects. | X | ||||
| 6 | Gains the ability to access information to follow current developments in science and technology, conducts scientific research in the field of software engineering, and conducts a project. | |||||
| 7 | Acquires an understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering. | |||||
| 8 | Acquires project and risk management skills and gains awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development, as well as international standards and methodologies. | X | ||||
| 9 | Understands the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions. | |||||
| 10 | Gains awareness of the development, adoption, and ongoing support for the use of excellence standards in software engineering practices. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 | 
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 | 
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 4 | 12 | 
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 8 | 8 | 
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 14 | 14 | 
| Total Workload | 130 | ||
