CTP 140 - Database Foundations, SQL/NoSQL

3 credit hours - Three hours of lecture and directed laboratory weekly; one term.
Learn database fundamentals while working with both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) architectures. Learn to create, update, delete, and retrieve data from a traditional relational database using SQL as well as non-relational databases using NoSQL.

Note: The student must be familiar with personal computers before beginning the class; no lecture time is spent introducing personal computer terminology and use. CTP 103 can be taken to introduce general computer skills.

Course Outcomes:

Describe how databases are used to store and retrieve data.
Describe the differences between relational and non-relational databases.
Implement Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations in both relational and non-relational databases.