CS 3200 — Introduction to Databases

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ADusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: M/W/ThBostonOakland, CAOnlineOnlineTraditional

Studies the design of a database for use in a relational database management system. The entity-relationship model and normalization are used in problems. Relational algebra and then the SQL (structured query language) are presented. Advanced topics include triggers, stored procedures, indexing, elementary query optimization, and fundamentals of concurrency and recovery. Students implement a database schema and short application programs on one or more commercial relational database management systems.

Prerequisites

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20233495490101%0.0
Spring 2024438645186%16.3
Summer B 2024210822947%60.5
Fall 2024448851695%7.0
Spring 2025752757392%6.6
Summer A 2025215917989%10.0
Summer B 2025211624947%66.5
Fall 2025337741192%11.3
Spring 2026436442087%14.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 60% · T 42% · W 53% · Th 62% · F 31%

Common patterns: MWR (44% of sections), TF (30% of sections), MTWR (8% of sections), MR (8% of sections), async (5% of sections), T (2% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

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Spring

Summer A

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

DS 4300

Courses that list CS 3200 in their prerequisites.

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