This course examines the concepts of databases. Topics include flat, hierarchical and relational database models, entity attribute relationship modeling, relational calculus, data normalization, functional dependence, data integrity, transactions and rollback, data security, distributed databases, information and knowledge management, object-relational mapping and object-oriented databases. Prerequisites: COSC 201; and MATH 200 or MATH 281.
2016-2017 Course Catalog / Courses / Database Management Systems