CMSC 424
Database Design
Students are introduced to database systems and motivates the database approach as a mechanism for modeling the real world. An in-depth coverage of the relational model, logical database design, query languages, and other database concepts including query optimization, concurrency control; transaction management, and log based crash recovery. Distributed and Web database architectures are also discussed.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC351 and CMSC330 ; and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department. Or must be in the (Computer Science (Doctoral), Computer Science (Master's)) program.
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- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
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- Database Design · 3 Credits