Data Management

Current and proposed courses

  • CNIT 172: Introduction to Application Development (minors only)
  • CNIT 272: Database Fundamentals
  • CNIT 372: Database Programming
  • CNIT 392: Enterprise Data Management
  • CNIT 487: Database Administration
  • CNIT 488: Data Warehousing
  • CNIT 499: Special Topics

Contact: Prof. John Springer

List of objectives

  • Provide students with a sound foundation in the principles of data collection, storage, and access.
  • Provide students with a deep understanding of the design, implementation, and use of databases.
  • For individual courses, the topics are:
    • CNIT 172: Introduction to personal data management, including very basic design and query techniques (using Microsoft Access).
    • CNIT 272: Basics of relational database design, implementation and querying (with ERwin and Oracle SQL).
    • CNIT 372: Advanced database programming in a relational environment, including stored procedures, triggers, and query optimization.
    • CNIT 392: Advanced logical and physical design, environmental implementation issues, objects in databases, data warehouse design fundamentals, and distributed databases.
    • CNIT 487: Database administration, including operational issues, troubleshooting, and database recovery.
    • CNIT 488: Data warehouse modeling, infrastructure, and implementation issues.

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