Database Systems(585)
Database system architecture; conceptual database models and ontologies; semantic, object, and relational databases; user and program interfaces; database system implementation; integrity, security, concurrency and recovery. Prerequisite: CS485 or departmental permission.

Database Systems Interoperability (586)
Federated and distributed database system; database networking; conceptual and schematic diversity, ontology alignment and integration; information sharing and exchange, knowledge discovery and mining.
Prerequisite: CS 585 and departmental permission.