COMP 430

Students will study, discuss, and compare current processes and tools being used by organizations for their data-handling needs. Topics include indexing and hashing, performance issues, hands-on database administration, an introduction to data warehousing and data mining, and object-oriented database approaches. Note: Students with credit for CIS 430 cannot take this course for further credit. -- Prerequisite -- (COMP 230 [formerly CIS 230] and COMP 251) or (60 university-level credits including COMP 230 [formerly CIS 230] and one of the following: [STAT 106 (formerly MATH 106) with a B, MATH 270/STAT 270, or STAT 271 (formerly MATH 271)] and one of the following: [COMP 150, COMP 152, or COMP 155]). Note: COMP 251 and COMP 340 are recommended. -- Corequisite -- None. -- Pre or Corequisite -- None. Section information text: This section is not available to all students. Department approval required prior to registration.