UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

FIT5195 Business intelligence and data warehousing

Faculty of Information Technology

FIT5195 Business intelligence and data warehousing is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology. It isn't offered in 2023. It needs FIT9132.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2023
Not offered
Assessment
Exam 60%
and 5 other tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

The 2027 handbook has no page for FIT5195. This is its 2023 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before FIT5195

Prerequisites

Pass these before you enrol.

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After FIT5195

No unit lists FIT5195 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.

Overview

This unit is intended to provide you with a framework for understanding business intelligence systems as well as the provision of high quality, integrated data for decision support through data warehousing. The unit has a particular focus on the evolutionary process of developing data warehousing using relational database management systems, and multi-dimensional modelling for structuring business intelligence data. The unit also presents you with coverage of several important aspects of data warehousing, including architecture, design, implementation, and optimisation. The unit will present this material using relevant research, case studies and practical exercises. You will develop data warehouse modelling and OLAP using relational database management systems.

Offerings in 2023

The 2023 handbook lists no offerings for FIT5195.

Assessment

  • Take home testOtherThreshold hurdle
    5%
  • Major AssignmentAssignmentThreshold hurdle
    20%
  • Moodle QuizOtherThreshold hurdle
    5%
  • Advanced DW Video PresentationPresentationThreshold hurdle
    5%
  • Flux Participation (online quizzes)ParticipationThreshold hurdle
    5%
  • Scheduled final assessment (2 hours and 10 minutes)ExamThreshold hurdle
    60%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    describe the scope and application of data warehousing

  2. 2

    design data warehousing systems

  3. 3

    design multidimensional data models using star schemas

  4. 4

    implement data warehousing in relational databases

  5. 5

    use OLAP in SQL

  6. 6

    explain the need for data warehousing architecture

  7. 7

    explain query optimisation and its impact on multi-dimensional design

Workload and teaching

  • Lectures24 hours
  • Laboratories24 hours
  • Teaching approachActive learning

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online and face to face learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated reading and preparation for scheduled teaching activities.

Learning resources

Required resources

Students should have access to a Windows or Mac OS computer for work on assignments. Software will be available in student computer labs as well as for download and installation on personal computers. Students working off-campus may be required to install the Monash VPN software to connect to our servers for some tutorial exercises.

Technology resources

Windows or Mac OS computer able to run Oracle DBMS. Software will be available in student computer labs as well as for download and installation on personal devices.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Associate Professor David Taniar

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for FIT5195?

You need FIT9132 before you enrol.

When is FIT5195 offered?

FIT5195 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.

How much work is FIT5195?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does FIT5195 have an exam?

Yes. The exam is worth 60% of the final mark, alongside 5 other tasks.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Available
Handbook years
2020202120222023