May 03, 2024  
2020-2021 Hill Book (Class of 2024) 
    
2020-2021 Hill Book (Class of 2024) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]

DAN 604 - Database & Data Warehouse Concepts

Four Credits
Spring Semester

Practical survey course covering database and data warehouse fundamentals.  Emphasizes SQL (simple and complex queries), the Extract-Transformation-Load (ETL) process, relational versus non-relational databases (and why relational databases can be a problem for analysis), an exploration of different database systems (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, etc.), data warehousing concepts, normalization/de-normalization, and cloud data warehousing. Course provides practical skills for database querying, and allows provides a foundational knowledge of database concepts so that students can work better with the database administration staff.

Course Applies to: M.P.S. in Data Analytics