Course Descriptions and Schedule
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MSDS 432-DL : Foundations of Data Engineering
Description
his course introduces data engineering concepts and technologies relevant to development and operations (DevOps). It reviews design principles and development processes for data pipelines in analytics applications, focusing on containerized microservices and cloud-native applications. It reviews data exchange formats, process concurrency control, communication protocols, application programming interfaces, distributed processing, and systems architecture. Students learn about automated deployment and scaling of batch, interactive, and streaming data pipelines. They learn how to design, implement, and maintain applications in cloud and on-premises environments. This is a programming-intensive course that includes a full-stack development project.
This is a required course for the Data Engineering Specialization.
Recommended prior course: MSDS 431-DL Data Engineering with Go
Prerequisites: (1) MSDS 400-DL Math for Modelers and (2) MSDS 420-DL Database Systems or CIS 417 Database Systems Design.
| Winter 2025 | ||||
| Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
| 01/06/25 - 03/22/25 | Sync Session M | 7 – 9:30 p.m. | 55 | |
| Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
| Bader, Atef | Online | Open | ||
| Spring 2025 | ||||
| Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
| 03/31/25 - 06/13/25 | Sync Session M | 7 – 9:30 p.m. | 55 | |
| Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
| Bader, Atef | Online | Open | ||
| Summer 2025 | ||||
| Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
| 06/23/25 - 08/30/25 | Sync Session M | 7 – 9:30 p.m. | 55 | |
| Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
| Bader, Atef | Online | Open | ||