INFT 202 — Database Management & Design
This course provides the fundamental knowledge of database concepts. Topics studied will include the history and advantages of database systems, and the process of database design including entity-relationship diagrams and database normalization. Students will work with database technology to store, manipulate, and retrieve data. Examples in the class will be based on data entities related to work environments relevant to New York City, such as those discussed in the Ethnographies of Work courses. These data will be reviewed for integrity, relevance and possible use within database warehouse and mining activities. The work environments will also be analyzed in terms of issues relating to database management issues of security, back-up, and recovery.