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COMM (Communication Studies)COMM 600 Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3)The development of the writing and critical-thinking skills neededfor effective academic writing. Emphasis is on developing wellorganized,well-supported, and clear arguments; demonstrating theappropriate use of sources; and refining grammar and mechanics.Discussion covers the writing process, including planning, drafting.revising, and completing a final project that demonstrates advancedwriting and critical-thinking skills.DBST (Database Systems Technology)DBST 651 Relational Database Systems (3)(Formerly CSMN 661.) An introduction to relational databases,one of the most pervasive technologies today. Presentation coversfundamental concepts necessary for the design, use, and implementationof relational database systems. Focus is on basic concepts ofdatabase modeling and design, the languages and facilities providedby database management systems, and techniques for implementingrelational database systems. Topics include implementationconcepts and techniques for database design, query optimization,concurrency control, recovery, and integrity. A foundation formanaging databases in important environments is provided.Assignments require use of a remote access laboratory.DBST 652 Advanced Relational/Object-RelationalDatabase Systems (3)(Formerly CSMN 662.) Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or DBST 651. Acontinuation of the study of relational database systems, exploringadvanced concepts. Topics include logical design, physical design,performance, architecture, data distribution, and data sharing inrelational databases. The concepts of object-relational design andimplementation are introduced and developed. Assignments requirethe use of a remote access laboratory.DBST 663 Distributed Database Management Systems (3)(Formerly CSMN 663.) Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or DBST 651.An introduction to the development of distributed databasemanagement, focusing on concepts and technical issues. Surveycovers distributed database management systems includes architecture,distributed database design, query processing and optimization,distributed transaction management and concurrencycontrol, distributed and heterogeneous object management systems,and database inoperability.DBST 665 Data Warehouse Technologies (3)(Formerly CSMN 665.) Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or DBST 651.An introduction to the concepts needed for successfully designingand implementing a data warehouse. Topics include data modelapproaches such as the star schema and denormalization, loadingthe warehouse, performance challenges, and other concepts uniqueto the warehouse environment. Assignments require use of a remoteaccess laboratory.DBST 667 Data Mining (3)(Formerly CSMN 667.) Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or DBST 651.An overview of the data mining component of the knowledgediscovery process. Data mining applications are introduced, andalgorithms and techniques useful for solving different problemsare identified. Topics include the application of well-known statistical,machine learning, and database algorithms, including decisiontrees, similarity measures, regression, Bayes theorem, nearest neighbor,neural networks and genetic algorithms. Discussion also coversresearching data mining applications and integrating data miningwith data warehouses.DBST 668 Database Security (3)(Formerly: CSMN 668.) Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or DBST 651.An overview of both the theory of and applications for providingeffective security in database management systems. Topics includeconceptual frameworks for discretionary and mandatory accesscontrol, data integrity, availability and performance, secure databasedesign, data aggregation, data inference, secure concurrencycontrol, and secure transactions processing. Models for multilevelsecure databases for both relational and object-relational databasesare analyzed. Assignments focus on database security concepts andrequire use of a remote access laboratory.DBST 670 Database Systems Administration (3)(Formerly CSMN 666.) Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or DBST 651. Anintroduction to the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to successfullyadminister operational database systems. The conceptual and operationaltools for analysis and resolution of problems such as performance,recovery, design, and technical issues are provided. Tools usedto assist in the administration process are also included.www.umuc.edu/grad 77