ITCS 511: Database Systems: (3-0-3) This course explores data bases as the underlying framework of information systems which store, manipulate and retrieve data with particular emphasis on the relational model and relational systems. Students are expected to design and implement a relational database within the concept of an information system using appropriate analysis and modelling techniques and a modern Database Management System as well as to understand RDBMS, advantages and disadvantages of different query languages and concurrency control and basic query processing.