Current Area Links

• Software Development
• Systems Integration
• Data Management
• Computer Networks

CIT is developing courses in the following signature areas:

• Cyberforensics
• Biomedical Informatics
• High Performance Computing
• Information Security
• Wireless Networking

current areas

Data Management

Current and proposed courses

• 172: Introduction to Application Development (minors only)
• 272: Database Fundamentals
• 372: Database Programming
• 392: Enterprise Data Management
• 487: Database Administration
• 488: Data Warehousing
• 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:
  
  • 172: Introduction to personal data management, including very basic design and query techniques (using Microsoft Access).
  • 272: Basics of relational database design, implementation and querying (with ERwin and Oracle SQL).
  • 372: Advanced database programming in a relational environment, including stored procedures, triggers, and query optimization.
  • 392: Advanced logical and physical design, environmental implementation issues, objects in databases, data warehouse design fundamentals, and distributed databases.
  • 487: Database administration, including operational issues, troubleshooting, and database recovery.
  • 488: Data warehouse modeling, infrastructure, and implementation issues.