CIS 055 - Database Management Systems I

    Recent Professors
    Samir Magid, Hasan Abu-Zaina
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course is the first of two courses that covers the current, classical database systems, database design, architecture, entity-relationship and enhanced entity models, relational model, normalization techniques, emerging standard of SQL (structured) query language, XML (Extensible Markup Language), embedded, and dynamic SQL. It introduces students to widely used database systems such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL server, and MySQL. Students will work in groups to implement and design a commercial database application project.