Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the broad field of information management systems, covering a range of topics relating to structured data, from data modeling to logical foundations and popular languages, to system implementations. The course covers the relational data model, SQL, database design using the Entity-Relationship model and relational design theory, transactions and updates, efficient storage of data, indexes, query execution & optimization; and “big data” and NoSQL systems.
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Course Pairing
550 is best taken alone, but can be taken with a course with a lighter course load. 591 and 592 is a prerequisite and 596 is a corequisite. Average hours per week: 15-20