DATA 742 - Data Warehousing and Data Lakes

3 Credits
Students will be introduced to the concept of the data warehouse and the role it plays in an organization’s overall business intelligence and analytics strategy. This course will cover the two predominant warehouse design strategies, as well as hybrid designs that combine best practices from both areas, including the requirements of a data warehouse, selecting the proper design strategy, choosing the proper tools to support that design, selecting metrics for monitoring performance, data quality, and planning future enhancements. Students will be able to build a high-level plan for implementing a data warehouse in their organization or planning future changes to an existing warehouse if present.