CSC 263 Database Systems

4 Credit(s)

This course is an in depth study of the underlying principles of database systems. Topics include data modeling and reduction, physical representations of data and access paths, and the semantics and theory of several major approaches to database organization, including relational and object-relational. Extensive discussion of query generation and optimization is included for at least one database system. Four lecture hours per week, plus programming work outside of class.
Prerequisite: CSC115. Not open to students who have received credits for ITE320.