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Relational Database Design (Coursera)

Offered by University of Colorado Boulder,
Relational Database Design (Coursera)

Have you ever wanted to build a database but don't know where to start? This course will provide you a step-by-step guidance. We are going to start from a raw idea to an implementable relational database. Getting on the path, practicing the real-life mini cases, you will be confident and comfortable with Relational Database Design. Let's get started!

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Relational Database Design can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science, information science, mathematics, and statistics.

What You Will Learn

  • Create Entity Relationship Models and Entity Relationship Diagrams
  • Create Relational Models
  • Normalize a Relational Model to 3NF

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction to DBMS, and Entity Relational Models
Introduce students to Database Management Systems. Introduce and train students with how to build conceptual entity relationship models.

WEEK 2
Relational Models
Introduce the concepts about relational models. Train students with how to convert a conceptual entity relationship model to a relational model.

WEEK 3
Normalization
Introduce students with the reasons and process of normalization. Train students with skills to normalize a relational model to 3NF.

WEEK 4
Case Study
A summary of the knowledge we learned in this course, starting from an Entity Relationship Model to a Relational Model in 3NF and ready for implementation.

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