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ACIS-4514: Database Management Systems

Description: Introduction to database management systems and their use in business. Topics covered include data modeling, normalization, SQL, transaction management and concurrency control, security issues, physical data organization, query optimization, hierarchical queries, distributed database management systems, object-oriented databases, client/server databases, multidimensional databases, data mining, data warehousing, and database administration.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.27 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 48.18%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Steven D Sheetz201050.5%26.7%22.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.314
Marilyn T Griffin201155.6%22.2%11.1%0.0%11.1%0.0%3.141

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