BIA665 Decision Support Systems (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): BIA630 
Student learn how to build, assess, and support decision support systems such as data warehouses and data marts for data science. Students build a data warehouse. Project management strategies are discussed.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Articulate fundamental database concepts.
2. Explain the value of different types of databases, such as cloud computing versus localized databases.
3. Communicate architecture requirements via industry standard diagrams.
4. Evaluate relational table design and pitfalls of poor design.
5. Implement an operational data store with the fundamentals of structured query language (SQL).
6. Articulate appropriate program management strategies.