CS 370 - Databases for Social and Health Sciences

Units: 3
Relational and hierarchical data models, database system architecture, and approaches for managing large volumes of social and health sciences data.

Prerequisites: CS 200.
Credit Restrictions: Not for Computer Science major or minor credit.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Explain the characteristics that distinguish the database approach from the approach of programming with data files;
Describe major approaches to storing and processing large volumes of data;
Develop and maintain a database for social and health science applications;
Implement queries to extract information from a database.