Summer Session

ISE 218: Fundamentals of IT

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: Level 4 or higher on the mathematics placement examination or a grade of C or better i n MAT 123 or higher

This course introduces the fundamentals of Information Technology (IT) to students interested in the relationship between computer hardware, software, networks, and information systems. The course examines components found in high use computing devices such as desktop computers, smart phones, and navigation systems. The focus of the examination is understanding the underlying technology of each component, along with price/performance curves and competing technologies. Upon completion of the course, students should be proficient in reading device specifications, particularly functional and performance implications. Students should also be able to use that knowledge to compare competing devices.

ISE 305: Database Design and Practice

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: ISE 208 or CSE 114 or CSE 230

SBC: EXP+; TECH

The design of database applications including Entity-Relationship data modeling, the relational data model, the SQL database query language, application development, and database administration. Students will complete a project that includes designing a database application and implementing it using database development tools.

ISE 503: Data Management

Graduate 3 credits

This course provides an understanding of the issues in managing database systems as an essential organizational resource. Students learn the enterprise data architecture components, data storage configurations, and information retrieval methods. It expands from the relational model to the multidimensional model, object-relational techniques, and web accessed data. The course includes concepts, principles, issues, and techniques for managing corporate data resources. Techniques for managing the design and development of large database systems including logical data models, concurrent processing, data distribution, database administration, data warehousing, data cleansing, and data mining. Students will use current methods and tools for database design and development. Limited to CSE/ISE graduate students; others, permission of instructor.