This document provides an overview of a database management systems course. The course objectives are to understand the purpose and concepts of DBMS, apply database design and languages to manage data, learn about normalization, SQL implementation, transaction control, recovery strategies, storage, and indexing. The outcomes are knowledge of various data models, database design process, transaction management, users and administration. Key topics covered include the relational and entity-relationship data models, database design, transactions, and database users and administration.