Course description
Introduction
Length of course 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time
This course is accredited by the British Computer Society, subject to satisfactory submission of further evidence relating to first set of graduates
This practitioner-oriented course bridges the gap between professional credentials and academic qualifications by combining academic rigour with professional training. The course is suitable for IT practitioners and experienced analysts, designers or database administrators who want to enhance their professional abilities, further develop their careers and/or deepen their knowledge and understanding of state-of-the-art and emerging information technologies, and/or specialise in a role related to Oracle technologies; and also for graduates who wish to deepen their understanding in the field of database systems and/or who want to take a Masters course with strong vocational flavour to advance their database systems career.
Course Content
The course considers and addresses: the exploitation of new technologies, advanced theories and techniques along with their application, implementation and interoperation/integration with legacy systems; analysis of new demands and the application of new technologies in the management of data and information resources which affect the operation and effectiveness of IS; the practice of emerging, state-of-the-art technologies that are shaping the way data is processed, accessed, retrieved, structured and modelled today.
Core modules:
Corporate Systems and Data Management
Database Languages
Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Distributed Systems Programming
Postgraduate Project
Postgraduate Project Preparation and Planning
plus either Database Administration or Internet Enabled Applications
Options, choose from:
Advanced Issues in Database Systems
ERP Systems
Information Systems Development Methodologies
Interoperability in Data Centric Applications
Requirements Analysis
Teaching and Assessment
Attendance of lectures is broken up by periods of student-led activity, usually supplemented by further instructor-led sessions in smaller groups. You are encouraged to come to an understanding of a topic by being immersed in a practically related activity in which the issues become evident, rather than simply being “told about it”. Lectures refer to the technologies that Oracle employs, whereas practical workshop sessions will use Oracle courseware. In certain modules the embedding of Oracle materials in the teaching programme takes a more explicit form, eg training sessions led by OCP instructors using Oracle study guides and materials. Access to module teaching materials and course related information is web-based. Assessment usually involves a combination of coursework and exam.
Associated Careers
The course is for those involved with or wishing to be involved with database systems: from requirements/data analysis and systems design to the development of user interfaces and the testing and maintenance of software; from the development of web-enabled applications to the complex tasks of monitoring and administering information management systems. This large group includes project leaders and managers, database or information management consultants, data architects, business systems analysts and designers, database administrators, information resources managers, data analysts, systems designers, systems integrators, web specialists, software engineers, programmers, and application developers.
