Database Management Systems I

This course provides students with the background to design, implement, and use database management systems. It introduces, in a comparative framework, the structure, requirements, functions, and evolution of database management systems. After covering conceptual data modeling and the entity relationship data model, the course focuses on the relational data model. Students learn abstract languages, such as relational algebra and relational calculus, including their commercial implementations like SQL, QBE, etc. Database design is covered and concepts of data integrity, security, privacy, and concurrence control are introduced. Students implement a major database application project.