70.742 is an advanced course offered at MIT that covers topics in database and information systems engineering. The course focuses on the development of systems through database design, the management and manipulation of data, and the development of web-based interfaces. It also covers topics such as database normalization, database optimization, query construction, transaction management, data mining, security and privacy, and emerging database technologies. This course is considered to be an upper-level course and students who enroll in it should have a good understanding of fundamental database principles.