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Courses of Study 2009-2010


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CS 4320 Introduction to Database Systems

Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisites: CS 3110 (or CS 2110, 2111, and permission of instructor).

Introduction to modern database systems. Concepts covered include storage structures, access methods, query languages, query processing and optimization, transaction management, recovery, database design, XML, and XQuery. The course focuses on the design and internals of modern database systems.