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CM2027 Databases and Data Models 7.5 credits

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Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 Start 25 Aug 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Flemingsberg

Duration
25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
Periods

Autumn 2025: P1 (7.5 hp)

Pace of study

50%

Application code

50794

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus CM2027 (Autumn 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus CM2027 (Autumn 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

-      Databases

-      Datawarehouse

-      Data lakes

-      Data models in health data

Intended learning outcomes

The goal of the course is to give basic knowledge on how data is stored and how to you analyze it.

After passing the course the students need to be able to

-      Describe and explain theories and statements in database architecture and models.

-      Be able to write programs that process data fetched from a database.

-      Describe how different database warehouses and data lakes work.

For higher degrees the student need to be able to

-      Analyze, discuss and compare different data architectures and it’s models and algorithms,

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

English 6

Knowledge of programming, 6 hp

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • LABA - Laboratory work, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • RED1 - Written exam and Assignment, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

CBH/Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems

Main field of study

Technology and Health

Education cycle

Second cycle