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Form Name: Course Syllabus
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Faculty of Information Technology
Department of Computer
Information Systems
Course Syllabus
Year: 2016-2017
Semester: (1)
Course No.
Course Title
Prerequisite
602385
Database Administration
601281
Instructor Name
Office
No.
E-mail
Co-requisite
Office
ext.
Credit Hours
Lectures / Lab.
3:3:0 Lab
Office Hours
Coordinator's Name:
Course Description
This course presents a study of database administration issues. Topics covered:
planning, views integration, data dictionary, integrity and security, and
database implementations using embedded SQL for various enterprises, create
an operational database, manage users, privileges and resources, and database
files, start up and shutdown, and manage table spaces, segments, extents, and
blocks.
Course Objectives
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Enhance the student knowledge and skills in database systems administration.
Explain the concepts of tablespace, datafile , segmnets, extents, and datablocks
Explain the the concepts and effects of privileges, roles, and resource limits.
Describe the logical data backups and recoveries using the Oracle-provided import (IMP) and export
(EXP) utilities
Make the student capable to installation and configuration Oracle 10g,explains the steps of manually
creating a database
Presents an introductory look at the other side of tuning an Oracle database by showing you how to
gather information about and, if necessary, tune your memory and disk I/O
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Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) and their Alignment with Program ILOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:
Course ILOs
Program
ILOs
Knowledge (K)
K1. Describe the database administrator’s job, database
CIS-J.2
privileges types, backup and recovery Techniques
Intellectual Skills (I)
I1. Describe different database construct based on a
C.1
given problem.
Practical skills (P)
P1. Managing the different types of database constructs
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(logical and physical types)
P2. Creating a physical backup and recovering the
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database at the event of failure
P3. Managing the database users and security
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Transferable Skills (T)
T1. Recognize critical issues related to management of
CIS-J.4
data in organizations.
Teaching and
Learning
Method
Assessment
Method
Interactive
lectures
Final Exam
Interactive
lectures +
project
Project
evaluation
rubric
Interactive
lectures
Interactive
lectures
Interactive
lectures
Second Exam
Interactive
lectures
Final Exam
Final Exam
Final Exam
Course Schedule:
Week
1,2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Topic Details
"The Database Administrator's Job," introduces you to the world
of database administration.
"Creating Your Database," walks you through the steps of
manually creating your own database.
"Tablespaces," teaches you how to create and manipulate
tablespaces, and introduces you to logical storage constructs.
"Datafiles," describes how to view information about and
manipulate datafiles.
"Segments and Extents," provides a more in-depth look at these
higher level logical storage constructs, which were introduced in
Chapter 4.
"Data Blocks," examines data blocks, the smallest unit of Oracle
storage.
"Redo Logs," teaches you the basics of how redo logs operate
and how they are written to.
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ILO number
Reference
K1
1
I1
2
P1
4
P1
8
P1
5
P1
6
P1
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"User Creation," teaches you how to create and alter user
accounts.
"Privilege and Resource Groups," introduces you to the
concepts and effects of privileges, roles, and resource limits and
shows you how to assign them to user accounts.
"Auditing," examines Oracle's mechanism for recording
different types of database activity for purposes of maintaining
database security and/or keeping records of billable activity.
"Rollback Segments," presents a study of the use and operation
of rollback segments and how they provide an Oracle database
with read-consistency and "undo" information.
"Locking," guides you through exercises that demonstrate the
importance of Oracle locking mechanisms and introduces you to
the concepts of data "consistency" and "concurrency."
"Logical Backup and Recovery," covers logical data backups
and recoveries using the Oracle-provided import (IMP) and
export (EXP) utilities.
"Physical Backup and Recovery," teaches you about different
types of database failures, walks you through a simulation of a
physical database failure and recovery, and explains the
importance of archiving your redo log files.
P3
9
P3
10
P3
11
P1
12
T1
13
P2
14
P2
15
Assessment Methods and Grading System:
Assessment method
Grade
First Exam
20%
Second Exam
20%
Project, Participation, and
Home works
20%
Final Exam
40%
Total
100
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Comments
Covers Chapters 1 - 5
One Essay Question worth 50% of exam grade.
One SQL command question worth 50% of exam grade.
Covers Chapters 6 - 9
One Essay Question worth 50% of exam grade.
One SQL command question worth 50% of exam grade.
Proposal + written Report
Chapter Homeworks, lecturer home works
UnAnnounced Short quizes
Covers all Topics
One Essay Question worth 50% of exam grade.
One SQL command question worth 50% of exam grade
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Learning References:
1- Textbook (s):
Oracle DBA Interactive Workbook, Melanie Caffrey (Author), Douglas Scherer (Author), ISBN:
9780130157423 / 0130157422
2- References:
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Oracle DBA Made Simple, Oracle database administration techniques, Mike Ault, ISBN: 0-97407165-X
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Oracle Database 11g DBA Handbook (Oracle Press), Bryla & Loney
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Lecturer’s Notes
3- Other Resources:
<<Labs, computer resources, lecture rooms needed for the course>>
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Oracle Express 10g-R2, in DBA Course File
http://lms.uop.edu.jo/lms/mod/resource/view.php?id=4615
Database Administration Course File: http://lms.uop.edu.jo/lms/course/view.php?id=3295
Course Policies1
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Attendance Policy: University regulations apply to attendance.
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Academic Honesty: Academic dishonesty is an unacceptable mode of conduct, and will not be
tolerated in any form at University of Petra. All persons involved in academic dishonesty and
plagiarism in any form will be disciplined in accordance with University rules and regulations.
Approved by
Head of Department
Faculty Dean
1
Name
Date
Additional information may be added in this section according to the nature of the course.
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