The University of St. Thomas

Database Mgmt Systems & Design
Title:Database Mgmt Systems & Design
Course Number:SEIS 630
College:Grad Prog in Software Eng
Instructor:STAFF, -
Time:- - -
Location:TBD St Paul
Room:TBD
Credit Hours Start Date End Date Days Available Enrollment Maximum
3 TBD -  -  -   -  -  - 27 0 27
Course Description:
This course focuses on database management system concepts , database design, and implementation. Conceptual data modeling using Entity Relationships (ER) is used to capture the requirements of a database design. Relational model concepts are introduced and mapping from ER to relational model is discussed. Logical database design (Normalization) and indexing strategies are also discussed to aide system performance. Relational Algebra and Sturctured Query Language (SQL) are used to work with a database. From a system perspective, the course focuses on query optimization and execution strategies, concurrency control, locking, deadlocks and database back up and recovery concepts. Database security and authorization are also discussed. Students will use Oracle and/or SQL Server to design a database and complete an application using SQL as their project. Prerequisite: SEIS 610