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MIS 431Business Data Management

3 credits · Management Information Systems · Penn State

Management of data including large, complex sets to support business analytics, strategy, and operations. MIS 431 Business Data Management (3) Business Data Management will enable students to use various database designs to acquire the information needed to make effective business decisions. Successful students will be able to design, create and implement a relational database in MySQL and be able to write SQL statements to obtain information from a database. In addition, students will investigate the next generation approaches for storing, manipulating, and managing web data in unstructured formats. Students will gain an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages among XML, NoSQL, NewSQL, and Relational databases. After completing this course, students should have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be able to: * have an understanding of SQL by retrieving data from a database using SQL * design a database system including an ER Model, and implement the design in an enterprise database application such as MySQL * have an understanding of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Graph databases, XML native databases, NewSQL databases and the advantages and disadvantages of these databases

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “MIS 301 . Concurrent: SCM 301”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (4 programs).

Required in (3)

  • Business Analytics and Information Systems, B.S.
  • Information Systems Management, Minor
  • Information Systems, B.S.
What it opens up

Courses that list MIS 431 as a prerequisite (2)

  • MIS 441 Business Intelligence for Decision Making
  • MIS 450 Information Systems Practicum