CS 166: Database Management Systems

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 2 hours; individual study, 1 hour

Catalog page 276

Prerequisites: CS 100; CS 111

Description: Covers basic concepts of databases and database management systems. Topics include entity-relationship modeling for design, relational data model, relational algebra, Structured Query Language (SQL), secondary storage, indexing and hashing, query evaluation and optimization, and overview of transactions.

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Serves as a prerequisite for

CS 179G CS 226 CS 236 CS 242
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Referenced in

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26  98/100 113/150  66/100 15/40 292/390
2024-25  65/100 182/187  75/100 11/40 333/427
2023-24 163/166 122/130 285/296
2022-23 116/119 124/125 240/244
2021-22  97/100 130/135 227/235
2020-21  67/ 70  99/108 48/57 214/235
2019-20  80/ 80  48/ 50  79/ 80 55/57 262/267
2018-19  74/ 76  83/ 84 31/45 188/205
2017-18  63/ 63  52/ 52 115/115
2016-17  62/ 62  62/ 62