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2011-2012 University Catalog

MIS 430 - Data Warehousing and Data Mining

Credits: 3 (NR)
Deals with the challenges faced by businesses in managing large amounts of data and making meaningful use of this data for informed decision making. Introduces students to data warehousing fundamentals, practices, and technologies; and their application to solving business problems. Specific emphasis is on designing of data warehouse to meet the business requirements and hands-on learning of the design principles through implementation on commercially used data warehouse technologies. Also introduces students to OLAP solutions and data mining approaches to supporting business decision making.

Prerequisite(s): C or higher in MIS 301 and MIS 310, degree status. Prerequisite enforced by registration system.

Notes: Term project required.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0
When Offered: Fall, spring