Database to AI: Practical Data Analytics Integration

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and emerging technologies in database design and modeling, database systems, data storage, and data governance. It presents a balanced theory-practice focus and covers entity relationship model and UML model, relational model, relational databases, Structured Query Language, and two flavors of NoSQL databases in MongoDB and Neo4j graph database. It also includes a brief introduction to big data management including hadoop, MapReduce, and Apache Spark. This course provides the theory and applications of database management to support data analytics, data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence

• Present a balanced theory-practice focus in database design
• Cover entity relationship, UML, relational models, and SQL
• Introduce NoSQL databases including MongoDB and Neo4j
• Provide overview of big data management and related technologies

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read course instructions in English