CS 638Principles of Data Management and Use
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Subject
- Computer Science
CS 638 as listed in the Fall 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
A user-oriented approach to data management focusing on database principles, how to design a database, how to access data in the database and some recent technology for big data processing and the NoSQL movement. Relational database technology, relational algebra, SQL, database views, transactions, data modeling methodology, entity-relationship models. Introduction to several current topics in database research, such as warehousing, data mining, big data processing, NoSQL systems. Master of Health Informatics and Analytics students only.
Prerequisites
- Enrolled in Master of Health Informatics & Analytics (MHIA)
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
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Calendar versions
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