CIS 4610 - Database for Business Analytics

Database for Business Analytics emphasizes on preparing students with database skills necessary for them to thrive in Business Analytics positions. The course focuses on delivering relational database modeling techniques along with teaching advance SQL code to create flexible and usable solutions to solve business problems. Students will work on Data Migration e.g., Extraction from multiple sources, Transformation and Loading into the target database. A portion of this course will involve hands-on experience in data access and analytics reporting. Students will learn how to use SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for report generation and data visualization. The course will finish with coverage of current database options such as NoSQL DB and/or DB for Big Data as well as 5 Vs of Big data. This class will build upon individual’s strengths in business, information technology and analytics.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: CIS 2640 and junior standing.

Credits: 3 hours