School of Computing prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

Database Management Systems
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester
CSI3201 Database Management Systems 7 14 1
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
22
Number
of weeks
3 x 50 min 1 x 3 hrs 1 x 50 min 14 140
Notional
hours
Content / Syllabus Theory: File Systems and Databases, The Relational Database Model, Structured
Query Language (SQL), Entity Relationship (E-R) Modeling, Normalisation of
Database Tables, Database Design, Transaction Management and Concurrency
Control, Distributed Database Management System, Object-Oriented Databases,
Database Administration, Database and The Internet.
Practicals: Consist of 5 labs based on what is covered during lectures.
Entry Rules Applicant must have Passed all Second Year Modules, CSI2202, CSI2102
Assessment
and progression
rules
Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two class tests (CT), five
assignments (AA), three tutorial assignments (TA), a practical assessment (PA),
an examination (EA) and a re-examination (RA).
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of the
examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA) +
40%(EA). To qualify for course credit students must obtain an overall assessment
of 50%.
Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination students
must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%.
Descriptive Statistics, Probability & Distribution Theory
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester
APM1101 Descriptive Statistics, Probability
& Distribution Theory
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
5 16 1
4 x 50 min 1 x 100 min 13
Number
of weeks
Notional
hours
Content / Syllabus Data analysis and Descriptive Statistics
Different kinds of variables and measurement scales. Construction and Graphical
presentation of frequency distributions. Cumulative frequency; the ogive and
percentiles. Measures of central tendency; the Mean, Median and Mode.
Measures of Spread; Mean Deviation, the Standard Deviation and the Quartile
Deviation.
Probability Distributions
Introduction to the concept of probability. Counting techniques, Baye’s theorem.
Discrete probability distributions, including the Bernoulli, the Binomial, Poisson,
Hyper-geometric, and Negative Binomial. Continuous Probability distributions
including the Uniform, the Gamma, the Beta and the Chi-Square distributions,
the Normal distribution.
Assessment Year mark (DP) will be obtained assessments based on assignments and tests.
Final mark will be obtained from the Year Mark (DP) x 40% + Exam Mark x
60%.
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