Database, Internet, and Systems Integration Technologies
MIT OpenCourseWare's overview of information technology fundamentals for systems and engineering management students. Covers project management and software processes, data modeling, UML, relational databases, and SQL, then moves into internet technologies including XML, web services, and service-oriented architectures. Also introduces network security and telecommunications fundamentals. The course centers on a semester project that walks through requirements and design, building a data model, implementing a database, constructing a website, and addressing security and data network concerns. No prior programming experience is required. Materials include lecture notes, assignments, and project guidelines published by MIT, free to access with no certificate offered through OCW. Suited to learners wanting a broad, practical grounding in how databases, web systems, and networks fit together in real IT projects.