CIS 602 - 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. The basic structure of queries and structured query language (SQL) will be covered.
Prerequisite(s): CIS 600 is normally taken before this course; however, the Program Director may make an exception.
Credits: 3