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IS 361 : Data Management Concepts

Course Description

IS361 Data Management Concepts: This course provides an overview of data management concepts. This course will explore the enterprise perspective of managing data needs of an organization. This includes data integrity, database models, and integration of databases, security, and database administration issues. The student will be introduced to query processing within a database environment. Prerequisite CS219 3:0:3

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyze the differences between Data and Database management
  2. Explain the duties of the data and database administrator.
  3. Describe the creation and use of metadata and data dictionaries.
  4. Identify the organizational perspective of managing data such as efficiency, privacy, security, ethical responsibility, and strategic advantage
  5. Compare a Relational Database and Object Orientated Database.
  6. Analyze components of a Database Management System and the techniques used to store and access data within DBMS.
  7. Describe a Data Warehouse including possible designs, use and terminology.
  8. Explain and apply the fundamentals of Structured Query Language (SQL).

Teaching Directives:

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Homework Assignments:
Instructor will utilize various case studies that illustrate multiple scenarios to evaluate student's ability to meet and understand concepts. 1-8
To achieve "creativity and problem solving skills, "students must be required to produce programming project solutions from a given problem description. Note that objectives are not met if a student is only able to produce solutions by pasting together given code fragments. Although this is appropriate at times, it does not enforce the development of these skills. 8
Exams:
Tests will be used to evaluate student's ability to understand terminology and basic concepts of managing data. This should include at minimum a final and include at least one or more of the following: short answer, trace given code, debug given code, and/or develop a fragment of code given a problem description. 1-8

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