Introduction to Database Concepts
| Course Code | COMP-122 |
|---|---|
| Lecture hours per week | 2 |
| Lab hours per week | 2 |
| Course Availability | Open |
| Description | This course introduces students to relational database concepts, as related to personal, client/server, and enterprise database systems. Topics will include data types, table structure and relationships, data access queries using QBE grid and SQL, normalization, and database security. These concepts will be reinforced using hands on exercises with one or more database management systems such as Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server for lab work and the group term project. Microsoft Visio or other software will be used as the diagramming tool to create ERDs. |