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CS 119 - Introduction to Database Data Processing



3.0 Credits
An introduction to retrieving data from a database with a query language and processing it with a spreadsheet program. Topics include designing queries that sort, filter and aggregate data and using spreadsheets to clean, calculate, summarize and chartdata.
Prerequisite Admission into the Data Analytics Certificate (Beginner/Early Career) program or permission from the instructor.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Recognize and be able to describe how a database stores information via tables.
  2. Compose database queries to retrieve data stored in multiple tables/collections from a database.
  3. Compose and troubleshoot database queries that join, sort, filter and aggregate data across multiple tables/collections.
  4. Construct formulas in spreadsheet softwares, including the use of built-in functions, and relative and absolute references (e.g. VLookUp, Find)
  5. Developand modify charts.
  6. Explore datasets and apply consolidation andde-duplication strategies.
  7. Use pivot tables to calculate, summarize and analyze data.


Course Typically Offered
FALL



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