CISC 7510X

About this course

37� hours plus conference and independent work; 3 credits Introduction to database systems. Comparison to file processing systems. Data models. Relational, hierarchical, and network systems. Database design. Normal forms. Study of several real- world database management systems, with an emphasis on microcomputer applications. Database recovery, query and transaction processing, concurrency. Distributed and object- oriented databases. This course requires a substantial amount of programming. (Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed Computer and Information Science 3810 [45].) Prerequisite: CISC 1050 or CISC 3810 or an equivalent undergraduate course.