MSE 646Database Management Systems
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
MSE 646 as listed in the Fall 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
The course is concerned with the design, management and use of databases. The course combines theoretical foundations of database organization and database design methodologies with the practical aspects of developing, implementing and managing databases. Some topics include: relational database design, entity modelling, SQL, and comparison of different types of databases.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Check it elsewhere for Fall 2025
- Graduate Calendar, Fall 2025The archived entry
- Requirements for Fall 2025Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
Calendar versions
Graduate Calendar
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Spring 2025
- Fall 2025 (shown here)
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2024 and earlier in the calendar archives