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2026-2027 University Catalog 
    
2026-2027 University Catalog

CS 44800 - Introduction To Relational Database Systems


Credit Hours: 3.00.  An in-depth examination of relational database systems including theory and concepts as well as practical issues in relational databases. Modern database technologies such as object-relational and Web-based access to relational databases. Conceptual design and entity relationship modeling, relational algebra and calculus, data definition and manipulation languages using SQL, schema and view management, query processing and optimization, transaction management, security, privacy, integrity management.
Learning Outcomes
1.  Learn data modeling: physical, logical and conceptual data models, the entity-relationship model.
2.  Study logical and Physical Design and interaction with operating systems, disk Storage, Basic File Structures, Hashing, Indexing.
3.  Learn the relational database model and implementation and performance issues.
4.  Understand transaction Processing, concurrency control, atomicity control and recovery control.
5.  Understand database privacy, integrity, and security.
6.  Understand data mining, data warehousing, online analytical processing, and information retrieval.
7.  Understand Cloud computing and Distributed Database Systems architectures, Big Data, Hadoop, MapReduce, and NoSQL.
8.  Recognize performance issues.
Credit Hours: 3.00