MSA 520 - Management of Information Assets (3 cr.)

The course introduces students to the fundamentals of data management and data warehousing. Data is an integral component of Analytics. The appropriateness, accuracy and timeliness of data used in analytics is key to good decisions. This course will expose students to the design and querying of relational databases as well as the design, set up and use of Data Warehouses and Data Marts. The topics covered in this course include DBMS design, implementation and management, data retrieval, data integration, ETL, dimensional modeling, OLAP, etc.
Prerequisite(s): knowledge of introductory statistics, information systems, and some coding experience (e.g., in SAS, R or Python).
Semester(s) Offered: Fall