Topics include: History and motivation of information systems; database system components; relational data model; relational algebra; SQL language; data integrity, security and privacy; data modeling and logical database design; indexing and physical database design; rapid application development; user interface design; data validation and exception handling; accessing a database using an API (such as ADO.NET and JDBC); stored procedures and triggers; introduction to web development, three layered architecture, and XML. Note: Credit is only given for one of CS 2513 , CS 2533 , INFO 1103 and INFO 2103 .