ERE 596  Data Management

Link to syllabus and lecture schedule for last offering (2004)


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will consider a variety of issues in data management.  The class will review alternative methods for managing data with a focus on relational databases.  Topics will include fundamental concepts in database design, querying and programming.  The class will also consider integration of spatial concepts into traditional database management techniques including discussion of issues such as metadata organization and distribution.


COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the conclusion of the course, students should understand:
    1. Alternative systems for data management
    2. The fundamental principles in relational database management systems
    3. Concepts in database design
    4. Issues in database querying
    5. Issues in spatial data management

 This class was taught by Lindi Quackenbush in 2001, 2002, and 2004.

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