Title: Class Outline 1
Course: KVCC BUS210 > Section: Class Outlines

1.      Introduction both personal and to the class

2.      Syllabus review

a.      Methods to communicate with instructor – [email], [text] and [phone]

b.      Office Hours – I will be on campus until around 2:00pm every day for the months January and February due to being part of a robotics team. After this time period I will be on campus longer and will notify the class. I am always available by phone, text, and email otherwise.

c.      Textbook - Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management 11th Edition

d.      Course Description, Objectives, and Content

e.      Grading

f.       Attendance – attendance will be recorded both in class and using video tracking software for the online students, more on this later.

g.      Course Requirements

i.           Assignments – one assignment a week and are usually application based. You have a full week to complete. All assignments are posted online.

ii.           Exams – There are a few exams during this class and like the assignments will require you to apply the information that you have learned up to that point. They will all be open book because of this. You will have a week for normal exams and two weeks for the final.

iii.           Project – There is a large project that will extend the entire course. You are tasked with examining a business and planning/designing a database system.

iv.           Other bits and pieces

3.      Blackboard demonstration and exploration

4.      Lecture capture

a.      All classes will be recorded and placed online within hours of class.

b.      When video is ready for viewing an email will be sent out.

c.      Videos will require the inputting of your email address before viewing. This will allow tracking of your views of the video and will be used for attendance purposes.

d.      Screen casts will be done for any demonstrations that are made during class and posted in a similar fashion.

5.      What is the point of this class?

a.      We live in the age of big data where most aspects of our lives are being cataloged and stored in some business database or online repository. We are collecting all of this data however in itself it is not useful and it needs to be organized and turned into information for us to really benefit from it. This process needs to start in the planning stage with the structure of the database being designed from the ground up to fit the needs of the organization. From there special care needs to be placed to manage and control the data so that it is functional and supports the needs of the business. This class will teach you how to design and manage a database as well as your options when selecting the overall structure.

6.      Why you should be excited.

a.      We use databases everyday but often do not understand how they function. This understanding can allow you to better know the underpinnings and will facilitate your ability to pull out the information from the data.

b.      This will class will allow you to extend the knowledge from BUS205 and provide you an option to apply many of those concepts.

c.      Your understanding of these data structures and how organizations use data will allow you to protect your personal and professional information.

d.      Data can help illustrate the big picture of your business and can be used to allow for better decision making. The other side of this however is if the information is poor it can have a negative impact.

e.      As with most things you have options as to what systems you use and the field of databases is not different. You will learn about relational databases with a focus on SQL and other types such as NOSQL.

f.       If we accept that we use these systems in our work and personal lives then we eventually have to determine how to manage them. You could have the best data in the world but if it is not accessible then it is not useful.

Attached Files: | - KVCC BUS210_DatabaseDesignMgt_Outline 1.pdf