A study of relational databases. Theoretical concepts will be covered, including relational algebra and relational calculus. Commercially available database systems will be used to demonstrate concepts such as Structured-Query-Language (SQL), writing code to connect and query a database, query optimization, Atomicity-Consistency-Isolation-Durability (ACID) concepts, and database design.

Antirequisite(s): Computer Science 3319A/B, Software Engineering 3309A/B, Digital Humanities 3220A/B.

Prerequisite(s): Computer Science 2121A/B or Digital Humanities 2221A/B.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours