Course Outline

• Introduction to Database Management: Overview of database concepts and their significance in modern businesses.
• Database Models: Understanding relational, hierarchical, network, and object-oriented database models.
• Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS): Introduction to popular RDBMS platforms like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.
• SQL Fundamentals: Basic SQL commands for data querying, insertion, updating, and deletion.
• Database Design: Principles of database design, normalization, and entity-relationship modeling.
• Indexing and Query Optimization: Importance of indexing and techniques for optimizing queries.
• Data Integrity and Constraints: Ensuring data integrity through primary keys, foreign keys, and constraints.
• Transactions and Concurrency Control: Managing concurrent access to data and ensuring transaction integrity.
• Backup and Recovery: Strategies for database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
• Security and Access Control: Implementing security measures and access control mechanisms.
• Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence: Overview of data warehousing, ETL processes, and business intelligence concepts.
• NoSQL Databases: Introduction to NoSQL databases, their types, and use cases.