MIS 609 - Database Management Systems

This course will explore techniques used to design databases and database management systems. Topics such as relational and non-relational databases; knowledge databases (knowledgebase); database operations; data repositories, warehouses, and marts; and data mining will be covered. This course will examine common sources of big data and big data architecture, issues pertaining to the security and privacy of big data and how to identify data that is needed to produce the information and knowledge necessary to answer business questions. Visual analytics will be presented with an emphasis on how it permits end-users to directly interact with the data analysis capabilities of modern computing systems.
Prerequisite(s): MIS 605
Credits: 3
History: CIS 602