FIT3160 Mobile data management
Faculty of Information Technology
FIT3160 Mobile data management is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at South Africa. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 2 units.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- South Africa
- Workload
- 12 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for FIT3160. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before FIT3160
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After FIT3160
2 units list FIT3160 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisites: (FIT1004 or FIT2094) and FIT1044
Overview
This unit focuses on the implementation and management of content for mobile devices. Persistent and client-side data management, storage mechanisms, as well as data synchronization from different sources, data dissemination, data caching and invalidation are covered, particularly data consistency and integrity, location based querying, query optimisation and transaction processing. Push, pull and broadcast techniques are covered. The unit's emphasis is on mobile data as opposed to the traditional stationery databases.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | South Africa | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Differentiate between mobile data and traditional stationery databases;
- 2
Explain the concepts required for efficient persistent and client-side data management;
- 3
Design and implement mobile databases that apply the principles of mobile storage mechanisms, mobile transaction management, and recovery;
- 4
Demonstrate the use and impact of multi-source data synchronisation, data caching and invalidation, and data consistency and integrity in mobile data management;
- 5
Apply push, pull and broadcast data techniques to the design and evaluation of mobile databases.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:
(a.) Contact hours:
- Two hours lectures
- Two hours laboratories
(b.) Additional requirements: A minimum of 8 hours of independent study per week for completing laboratory activities, assignments, private study and revision.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Olalekan Ogunleye
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for FIT3160?
FIT3160 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
What can I take after FIT3160?
FIT3160 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 2 units, including FIT3167 and FZA3167.
When is FIT3160 offered?
In 2020, FIT3160 runs in Semester 1 at South Africa.
How much work is FIT3160?
The handbook expects about 12 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Information Technology
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020