Information Technology - Database Applications

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to provide students with fundamental concepts of designing and maintaining database projects from a manager or team lead's perspective. Students will gain the foundational knowledge needed to work with database applications utilizing current development strategies. Students will examine various types of databases with an emphasis on relational design. Students will explore file organization techniques, data tables, and data structures. Consideration of the management of data as a resource will be introduced. Students will analyze business applications for databases, selecting one to complete as a final project. Assignments will investigate such topics as; database terminology, completing field definitions and table specifications, interviewing end users, selecting primary keys, and creating data views. The course will conclude with a look at the future of databases.