Suppose a local college
has tasked you to develop a database that will keep track of students and the
courses that they have taken. In addition to tracking the students and courses,
the client wants the database to keep track of the instructors teaching each of
the courses.
Use the internet to
research the types of information that a college would want to track in a
database. Focus your attention on information that could represent entities
within a database as well as attributes of such entities.
Write a two to three
(2-3) page paper in which you:
1.
Describe the purpose of the
database.
2.
Based on your research and / or
common knowledge of a college and the information tracked by a college,
describe the entities of the database and the attributes of each entity.
3.
Based on your research and / or
common knowledge of a college and the information tracked by a college,
describe the business rules that could impact the structure of the database.
4.
Determine the information that the
conceptual model of the database would include and determine the information
that the physical model of the database would include.
Your assignment must
follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations
and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Describe the role of databases and
database management systems in managing organizational data and
information.
·
Compose conceptual data modeling
techniques to capture the information requirements.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in database systems.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
relational database management systems using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.
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assignment.
