Course details

Information Systems

IIS Acad. year 2018/2019 Winter semester 4 credits

Current academic year

Information system as a special case of a system. Kinds of information systems OLAP and OLTP. History of information systems. Technology of information system with relational database system building. Internet type of information system. Technology of client and server programming (JavaScript and PHP). Technology of XML language.

Guarantor

Hruška Tomáš, prof. Ing., CSc. (DIFS)

Course coordinator

Burget Radek, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Credit+Examination (written)

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs projects

Assessment points

  • 51 pts final exam (written part)
  • 19 pts mid-term test (written part)
  • 30 pts projects

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Lecturer

Burget Radek, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Instructor

Hrivňák Ján, Mgr.
Hynek Jiří, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Němečková Zita, Ing.
Pastushenko Olena, Ing. (DIFS)
Puterová Janka, Ing., Ph.D.

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Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Ability to model especially economic reality in the information system. Ability and knowledge to implement information systems under database technologies in the internet environment.

Learning objectives

To obtain common overview of information system branch. To get basic knowledge of information systems based on the relational database technology. To get basic knowledge of communication part of IS based on internet technology.

Why is the course taught

Efficient access to information is crucial not only in business management, but in virtually all areas of human activity. The  course provides a comprehensive overview of methods of analysis and design of information systems, as well as current technologies used for their implementation.

Recommended prerequisites

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

relational database theory, computer networks and protocols

Study literature

  • McLeod, R.: Management Information Systems, Prentice Hall International London 1998, 655 str., ISBN 0-13-896101-8.

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Information and information system, basic terms, model and its presentation, classification.
  2. Consistence, basic data structures, structure, collection, object.
  3. Serialization - basic formats.   
  4. Serialization - markup languages SGML/XML (DTD)   
  5. Serialization - XML, DOM
  6. Visualization - HTML, XPath, XSLT.
  7. Visualization - extended, DOM manipulation, JavaScript, client JavaScript.
  8. Server - PHP, information systems application on server, database connection.
  9. Information Systems Architecture - distributed information systems. 
  10. OLTP - processes and their models, transactions.
  11. Methodology of OLTP information system design, three-teer architecture, example.
  12. OLAP information systems, data warehouses   
  13. Other information systems..

Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students

  1. Design of an information system according to the specification
  2. Implementation of the designed system on specified platform

Progress assessment

  • Midterm test - 19 points
  • Project - 30 points
  • Final written exam - 51 points, at least 20 points required
  • At least 25 points must be obtained during the semester


Exam prerequisites:
At least 25 points obtainable during the semester.

Controlled instruction

Midterm exam, realization of a project in due dates. In the case of a reported obstacles to submit the project, the student will be allowed to submit the project in an alternative date.

Exam prerequisites

At least 25 points obtainable during the semester.

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 3rd year of study, Compulsory
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