This course aims to provide the students with an overview of database management systems architecture and environments, an understanding of basic database design and implementation techniques, and practical experience of designing and building a relational database. Also this course is to let students be able to discuss/explain the importance of data, the difference between file management systems and database management systems. In addition, it enables applying conceptual design methodologies for databases, learning about architecture and environments of database management systems (in particular the Entity-Relationship model). It also enables students to design and evaluate suitable security and integrity levels for database schemas. This course requires a practical work, which is assessed by producing individual or group small projects.