Spring 2027

Database Design for Information Professionals

Introduction to database management systems, design processes for solving information management problems, and developing queries and scripts for organizational data challenges.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Bradley Bryant

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand conceptual design concepts of contemporary database systems

  • Be able to implement design concepts to create and manage a database given a database system

  • Use notation systems to develop and communicate a database design to others

  • Understand basic principles of scripting languages and their use in making databases web accessible

  • Use SQL or other tools to create and manage a database as well as to manipulate data and produce queries

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Prerequisites

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LIS 751

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Contemporary database management systems
  • Database design and implementation processes
  • Query and script development
  • Organizational information and data challenges

Skills

  • Conceptual database design
  • Database implementation and management
  • Database design notation and communication
  • Scripting for web-accessible databases
  • SQL query creation and data manipulation

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LIS 751 · Spring 2027

Database Design for Information Professionals

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Recorded 2026-10-29

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