Duration of the online course: 5 hours and 21 minutes
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Strong database knowledge sits behind nearly every modern application, from e-commerce and finance to mobile apps and analytics. This course helps you understand how Database Management Systems (DBMS) organize data reliably, keep it consistent, and make it accessible to the right people at the right time. If you have ever wondered why databases outperform scattered files and spreadsheets, you will gain the foundational concepts to reason about data as a structured system rather than a collection of documents.
You will start by building clear intuition about what a DBMS is, why organizations use it, and how different types of users interact with a database environment. From there, the course guides you through essential ideas that underpin real-world database solutions, including key characteristics of DBMS technology, the historical evolution of database applications, and the fundamental models used to represent data in ways that match how people think and how software executes.
A major focus is designing databases correctly from the start. You will explore the three-schema architecture to understand how databases separate user views from logical design and physical storage, and how this separation supports change, scalability, and security. You will also learn how DBMS languages and interfaces support both definition and use of data, and how internal DBMS modules translate definitions into catalog structures the system can manage.
As you move into data modeling, you will develop practical understanding of the Entity-Relationship approach, including attributes, keys, and relationships, with attention to common edge cases such as composite attributes, participation constraints, and relationships involving multiple entities. You will then connect these ideas to the relational model, where you will study the behavior of relations, how constraints protect data quality, and why concepts like super keys and referential integrity matter when data changes over time.
Throughout, short exercises reinforce each concept so you can check your understanding and build confidence. By the end, you will be able to discuss DBMS architectures, explain core modeling choices, and anticipate integrity issues that appear during inserts, updates, and deletes—skills that translate directly to more advanced work in SQL, database design, and backend development.
Video class: Introduction to Database Management Systems
11m
Exercise: What is a key advantage of using a Database Management System (DBMS) over a traditional file system?
Video class: DBMS Characteristics
12m
Exercise: Which of the following is a characteristic that distinguishes a Database Management System (DBMS) from traditional file systems?
Video class: Database Users
10m
Exercise: Which of the following database users are primarily responsible for managing resources and authorizing access to the database?
Video class: Advantages
15m
Exercise: What is one of the main advantages of a Database Management System (DBMS) over traditional file systems?
Video class: History of Database Applications
08m
Exercise: Which of the following statements about the evolution of database management systems is true?
Video class: Fundamentals of Database Systems
06m
Exercise: Which category of data model includes concepts like entities, attributes, and relationships to present data in a way that is closer to how users perceive it?
Video class: Three-Schema Architecture
06m
Exercise: What is the role of the external level in the three schema architecture of a database system?
Video class: DBMS Languages, Interfaces, and Classification
12m
Exercise: What is the primary function of the Data Definition Language (DDL) in database management systems?
Video class: Database System Environment
07m
Exercise: Which module in a Database Management System (DBMS) is responsible for transforming schemas defined by the Data Definition Language (DDL) into a format stored in the catalog?
Video class: DBMS Architecture
08m
Exercise: What is a key difference between the two-tier and three-tier client-server architectures in a DBMS?
Video class: Basic Concepts of Entity-Relationship Model
08m
Exercise: Which of the following is an example of a composite attribute in an entity-relationship model?
Video class: Database Design Process
11m
Exercise: In the database design process, what is the main purpose of creating a conceptual schema?
Video class: Concept of Relationships in ER Diagram
15m
Exercise: What type of relationship exists when there is an association among three entities?
Video class: Exercises based on ER Model Concepts (Part 1)
14m
Exercise: In an Entity-Relationship (ER) diagram for a bank database, which of the following correctly describes the identifying relationship and participation constraints between a 'Bank' entity type and its related 'Bank Branch' weak entity type?
Video class: Exercises based on ER Model Concepts (Part 2)
11m
Exercise: In an Entity-Relationship (ER) diagram, which of the following min-max constraints is correct given that an instructor can teach between two to four courses, and each course may use up to five different textbooks?
Video class: Introduction to Relational Data Model
06m
Exercise: In the context of the relational database model, what does cardinality refer to?
Video class: Characteristics of Relations
07m
Exercise: What is a characteristic of a relational database with regard to the ordering of tuples?
Video class: Relational Model Constraints
12m
Exercise: Which statement accurately describes a characteristic of a super key in the relational database model?
Video class: Update Operations/Dealing with Constraint Violations
09m
Exercise: In a relational database system, which update operation is most likely to cause a violation of the referential integrity constraint?
Video class: Exercises based on Relational Model (Part 1)
12m
Exercise: Which of the following statements about the relational model of databases is correct?
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