CSE 182: Intro Database Mgmt
University of California, Santa Cruz
Concepts, approaches, tools, and methodology of database design and utilization. Topics include the relational data model; modeling relationships between entities; dependencies and normal forms; commercial data management languages such as SQL (defining SQL data, SQL queries and modifications, views, indexes, constraints, and triggers); transactions; stored procedures and functions; access to databases from a programming language (Python); relational algebra; query execution plans; and non-relational data models such as JSON and XML. Involves database application development projects. Students that have taken and passed CSE 180 cannot receive credit for CSE 182.
Average GPA: 2.88
Grade distribution records: 839 students across 6 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 51 | 6.1% |
| A | 64 | 7.6% |
| A- | 97 | 11.6% |
| B+ | 140 | 16.7% |
| B | 102 | 12.2% |
| B- | 89 | 10.6% |
| C+ | 70 | 8.3% |
| C | 76 | 9.1% |
| C- | 6 | 0.7% |
| D+ | 20 | 2.4% |
| D | 18 | 2.1% |
| D- | 3 | 0.4% |
| F | 27 | 3.2% |
| P | 41 | 4.9% |
| NP | 24 | 2.9% |
| S | 3 | 0.4% |
| W | 8 | 1.0% |
Based on 839 student grade records across 6 terms and 2 professors.
Instructors
- Sheldon Finkelstein 675 students, Average GPA 2.74
- Nikolaos Tziavelis 164 students, Average GPA 3.43