May 04, 2026  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CSE 460LEC - Data Models and Query Languages


The course focuses on the issues of data models and query languages that are relevant for building present-day database applications, covering both well-established and cutting-edge frameworks. It adopts the user’s point of view, discussing primarily conceptual and foundational topics. Specific topics include: Entity-Relationship and relational database design, integrity constraints, graph and semi-structured data models, relational, graph and semi-structured query languages, DATALOG, recursion, path expressions, selected current topics. Several projects are given. The projects involve using current database technologies for building applications. This course is dual-listed with CSE 560.

Credits: 3

Grading
Graded (GRD)

Typically Offered:
Fall

Requisites:
Pre-Requisite: CSE 191  and CSE 250 ; Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Bioinformatics majors only. Students must complete a mandatory advisement session with their faculty advisor.