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Database Technologies Minor

Page address: http://cset.mnsu.edu/ist/DBMinor/

The Database Technologies minor provides students with the necessary knowledge to apply information technology principles and theory so they are able to address real world business and organizational challenges and opportunities. This minor focuses on planning, designing, programming and developing secure databases, and the challenges and specific issues in maintaining, managing and securing databases. Students are introduced to the security challenges and threats in database systems and are provided an understanding of the state-of-the art security technologies, and data recovery strategies.

Total credits required : 20 credits

Required for Minor (Core, 12 credits)

  • IT 210 Fundamentals of Programming (4) (Prerequisite not shown here: A or B in IT 110)
  • IT 214 Fundamentals of Software Development (4) (Prerequisite not shown here: MATH 121 or MATH 180 or MATH 181)
  • IT 340 Introduction to Database Systems (4)

Required Electives (8 credits)

Choose two of the following Courses:

  • IT 440 Database Management Systems II (4)
  • IT 442 Database Security, Auditing, and Disaster Recovery (4)
  • IT 444 Data Warehousing and Mining (4)