Computer Science 445 - Information Systems

Introduction to the efficient management of large-scale data. Principles for representing information in the relational model; query languages for analyzing and manipulating data (SQL and others); core systems principles for data management (file organizations, query optimization, indexing, distributed data processing, concurrency control) and distributed data processing paradigms.

Open to Senior and Junior Computer Science majors only. COMPSCI 220/230 345 & 311 w/ C IF AVAILABLE SEATS, STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT CS MAJORS BUT HAVE SUFFICIENT PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE, CS GRADUATE STUDENTS, OR STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.