MSBA 8110 - Databases and Data Management

This course focuses on the fundamentals of database design and modeling, data structures and storage technologies, and techniques for managing data. Topics will include multidimensional databases (cubes), columnar databases and Cloud technologies, Structured Query Language (SQL), and processes for moving data. The course will introduce “big data” architectures, including Hadoop, Map-reduce, Hive, and Spark and cloud environments such as MS Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.

MBA concentration area: Business Analytics

Credits: 4

Note: MNM and MPA students who have completed Data Analytics & Decision Making may take this course. To register, please contact the Graduate Programs Advisor at hsbgradadvisor@hamline.edu.