Have you ever wanted to build a database but don't know where to start? This course will provide you a step-by-step guidance. We are going to start from a raw idea to an implementable relational database. Getting on the path, practicing the real-life mini cases, you will be confident and comfortable with Relational Database Design. Let's get started!
This course is part of the Databases for Data Scientists Specialization

About this Course
This course is for beginners, but you should be interested in databases and database design!
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Create Entity Relationship Models and Entity Relationship Diagrams
Create Relational Models
Normalize a Relational Model to 3NF
Skills you will gain
- Database (DB) Design
- Database (DBMS)
- Relational Models
- Normalization
- Entity–Relationship (E-R) Model
This course is for beginners, but you should be interested in databases and database design!
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction to DBMS, and Entity Relational Models
Relational Models
Normalization
Case Study
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- 3 stars3.89%
- 2 stars1.29%
TOP REVIEWS FROM RELATIONAL DATABASE DESIGN
This course help me alot to learn new things. Thanks Coursera...
Excellent course. Glad I have completed all crucial concepts related to the course. Special thanks to our course instructor, Di Wu.
Sometimes, there were mistakes in the slides or exercises
It had greate experience to learn database design from this trusted platform.
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