Database and Information Systems Track

Objectives

Prepares students to apply database principles, algorithms, and optimization techniques to design, build, and manage current and future database and information systems.

Required Courses

All Track requirements, regardless of department, must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

The track has four required courses that provide general background

Required Courses

Course	Title
CS 34800	Information Systems
CS 38100	Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms
CS 44800	Introduction to Relational Databases
CS 37300 or CS 47300	Data Mining and Machine Learning or Web Information Search & Management

Database and Information Systems Track Pre-requisite Flowchart (PDF)

Electives

The track has three electives. Choose at least one course from each of the following three categories.

Category I - Computing Systems

Electives Category 1 Computing Systems

Course	Title
CS 35200	Compilers: Principles and Practice
CS 35400	Operating Systems

 

Category II - Information Assurance

Electives Category 2 Information Assurance

Course	Title
CS 35500	Introduction to Cryptography
CS 42600	Computer Security

 

Category III - Related Studies

Electives Category 3 Related Studies

Course	Title
CS 37300	Data Mining and Machine Learning
CS 42200	Computer Networks
CS 47100	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CS 47300	Web Information Search & Management
CS 47800	Introduction to Bioinformatics
CS 49000   or EPICS 41100/41200  or CS 49700	Senior Project, supervised by faculty & approved by DBIS track chair   Senior Project, (both must be taken)   Honors Research Project.

* Neither CS39000-DM0 or CS47300 can be double counted toward the required and elective courses.