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Jack Baskin School of EngineeringUC Santa Cruz

CMPS 180


Introduction to the concepts, approaches, tools, and methodology of
database design. Covers the entity-relationship model, the relational
model, relational algebra, relational calculus, commercial languages
(such as SQL and QBE), functional dependencies, normal forms, and
design theory. Other topics may include knowledge-bases, constraint
databases, and alternative database models. (Formerly offered as
Database Systems.) Prerequisite(s): course 101. W. Tan, N. Polyzotis,
P. Kolaitis

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