BUIS 362 Database for Business Syllabus

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1 College of Business Department of Management Information Systems Jericho Park Road Bowie, Maryland BUIS 362 Database for Business Syllabus Class Code: BUIS Semester: Fall 2013 Meets: Tue & Thurs 12:30 1:50pm Credits: 3 Instructor: Prof. E. Tony Yorkman tyorkman@bowiestate.edu Phone: (301) Office: CBGS Building, Room 3328 Office Hours TBA Change Notice This syllabus may be changed at any time with notification. Be aware that college-wide meetings or other college commitments sometimes interfere with scheduled office hours and it is a wise policy to call or check before visiting the office. On Wednesday, November 20, 2013, Classes will be canceled and instead faculty & students scheduled for classes during this time will be expected to attend the College of Business Career Day. For more detailed information, see Appendix A. Course Catalog Description: Pre-requisite: BUIS 260, BUIS361 or permission of the instructor. This course will provide an understanding of how data resources can be managed to support decision-making within organizations. It will examine the use, development, and implementation of organizational databases and how the database environment is used to support decision-making. Database design and implementation issues will be addressed from both logical and physical perspectives. In addition, strategic and administrative issues of databases will be considered. Required Textbook: Kroenke, David M., and Auer, David J. (2014). Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation, 13 th Edition, Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: Optional Textbook: Kroenke, David M., and Auer, David J. (2010). Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation, 12 th Edition, Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: Supplemental Readings: Readings are also assigned from online resources include newspapers, journals, and other documents. Check the class website for the exact links and URLs to the assigned readings for each module. 1

2 Mission and Vision Statements College of Business Mission: To develop individuals from diverse backgrounds into professionals with a global perspective through a comprehensive education in business, information systems, and public administration that emphasizes academic excellence, professionalism, and innovation in teaching, scholarship and service. Vision: The College of Business will be recognized for having premier career orientedprograms in business, information systems, and public administration. Department of Management Information Systems Mission: To produce graduates, who are technologically astute, think critically, demonstrate proficiency in information technology fields, and are prepared for leadership in the application of information technology in business and societal problem solving as well as in locating and seizing opportunities in the constantly changing marketplace. Vision: The MIS Department will be recognized as a center of excellence in information systems education and a leader in producing African-American and other minority graduates in Information Systems in Maryland. Course Objectives: Upon completion of BUIS 362, you should be able to: 1. Acquire the fundamental skills in database design, development, and implementation 2. Use Entity-Relationship (ER) modeling and develop conceptual data model from a requirements specification document. 3. Explain the functions of a database application 4. Define database structures, query and modify database data using SQL with Microsoft Access and or Personal Oracle 5. Understand the impact that database designs have on user interfaces & application programs such as XML and Excel spreadsheets 6. Describe basic administrative tasks and managerial DBA functions 7. Understand the need for concurrency control, security, and backup and recovery 8. Understand the basic concepts of business intelligence (BI), particularly OLAP and data mining techniques Instructional Methods This course will be taught with a blended learning approach that emphasizes active learning and hands-on-experiences. The principal vehicles used in the exploration of the course content include online notes, hands-on exercises, lab assignments, and real problem-solving exercises. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to work with and learn from each other. Students are given the opportunity to apply their knowledge to assigned exercises, which are designed to provide a solid learning path from concepts to applications. 2

3 Assessment and Grading During the session, there will be scheduled chapter quizzes and labs assignments/tests. Please follow the class schedule for exam and assignment due dates. Submit project and application assignments in the designated dropbox. Assignments will NOT, I REPEAT NOT be accepted through any other method. Occasionally, class structure will vary from the plan to student/instructor interest. All assignments are due on the dates indicated in the assignment box. Each assignment has its own drop-box. Your grade will be determined based on the weighted total you earn in the course. Instruments Three (3) in-class quizzes 30 (5) exercises 25 Group Database Project (see below) 15 Final 20 Attendance 10 Weighted Total Your final course grade will be assigned according to the following scale: = A; = B; = C; = D; and, 59 or less = F Group Database Project In teams of four (4), the group will design and implement a database with a reasonable level of functionality. The project will be assigned by the instructor and the database may be implemented using Microsoft Access, Personal Oracle, or My SQL. There will be three separate evaluations: First, I would give a grade for the group's work. Second, the students would provide a grade for their own effort. Third, all students would grade the performance of the other students in their groups. The final grade would be equally based on all three evaluations. The third evaluation should address your concerns that someone might not put forward the appropriate degree of effort. We thus reached consensus on the composition of the group grade. The final documentation of the project will include the database schemas, queries, forms, and reports. Each group should be prepared to present a 10 minute presentation on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 (Business Attire required). 3

4 Expectations of Professionalism Ethics You are expected to abide by the University policies on academic honesty and integrity as given in the Student Handbook. Violations of these policies will not be tolerated and are subject to severe sanctions up to and including expulsion from the university While study groups are encouraged, their proper purpose is not to do the homework assignment, but to help you learn the material. Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, paper or project; failure in course; and or expulsion from the University. For more information, refer to the "Academic Dishonesty" policy in the University Undergraduate Catalog. For this class, it is permissible to assist classmates in general discussions of computing techniques. General advice and interaction are encouraged. Each person, however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned projects, assignments, and tasks. In other words, students may not "work together" on graded assignments unless it is a group assignment. Behaviors All cell phones must be set in silence mode and other portable devices must be turned off before entering class. If the call is an emergency, please use the row in which you are seated to make a quick and non-disruptive exit. It is unprofessional and even disrespectful to exit in front of the instructor s platform. A laptop or tablet may be used for taking class notes only. You are expected to take responsibility for your attendance and to be in the classroom ready to begin promptly at the stated time in the course schedule. If you are tardy and class has begun, take a seat near the door and do not disrupt class by crossing the room. Continual tardiness will be treated as absences. You are expected to take responsibility for your absence by making arrangement to acquire all materials and information covered during your absence. After three absences (two in a night class), a student will receive an excessive absence notice and must schedule a conference with the instructor immediately. After three absences (two in a night class), a student may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the instructor. The College of Business highly recommends that students maintain Proper dress attire. Be aware that employers and visitors are always welcome on campus and in our building and classrooms. Although, each student is allowed to wear anything without obscene writing; however, pajama bottoms, wearing hats in the classroom as well as sagging is unprofessional in the College of Business. Remember that you are required to dress professionally when attending classes on Wednesdays! 4

5 Work Habits Due dates for assignments, quizzes, tests, examinations are non-negotiable and late work will not be accepted. All assignments, hands-on exercises, and homework must be completed and submitted in the assigned drop box when due or they will NOT be graded. Assignments submitted as attachments or in hard copy format will not be accepted. The students are totally responsible for ensuring that all assignments, hands-on exercises are received on time by the professor All work submitted for the course must be legible, well-organized and labeled. Realized that the assignments will likely sound simple; therefore, plan more time than you think. Students must save all assignments on an external storage device. DO NOT save work on the classroom or open labs hard drives, unless specified by the instructor. Work saved on network drives or hard drives can be deleted at any time. Students are expected to have their own Flash/thumb drive. Other Course Policies All students are required to officially register and pay tuition and fees before attending classes. No students will be allowed to take a class without officially registering for the course (student s name must be listed in the official class roster or the student should present a signed course add slip or other proof of registration). A student will NOT earn credit without an official proof of registration. Bowie State Domain Name Server (DNS) will be used to communicate with students and you ll need your Bowie student account to be able to log into Bowie Blackboard 9.1 Learning Management System. We will also make accommodations for students with disabilities who have special needs. Students with disabilities should contact the Office of Student Support Services for information regarding accommodations. Students who have disabilities and want accommodations should report immediately to the Disability Services Coordinator in the Center for Business and Graduate Studies (CBGS) building, Room, 1328 or call

6 Tentative Course Calendar BUIS 362 is organized into eight instructional modules and you must complete all elements in all modules in order to earn credit toward the final course grade. Modules begin on Tuesdays and end at Noon on the following Mondays. For example, Module 2 (Structured Query Language which takes two weeks to complete) begins on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 and ends on Monday, September 23, Module objectives Content (Book) Resources Interaction 1. Database Processing 9//3 9/9 discuss the characteristics of a relational database Ch-1, Introduction to database processing MS Access Tutorial Exercises Discussion Gain a general understanding of tables and relationships 2. SQL 9/10-9/23 3. Data Modeling 9/24-10/7 4. Transforming Data Models 10/8 10/21 5. Database Construction 10/22-10/28 6. Multi-User Databases 10/29 11/4 7. Managing Databases 11/5 11/11 Understand the basic SQL statements write queries in SQL discuss anomalies & normal forms construct E-R diagrams Understand primary. foreign keys, strong & Weak entities discuss Trigger, Embedded SQL, & Stored Procedures discuss the roles and responsibilities of the DBA Understand processes of Oracle Understand components of SQL Server Ch-2, Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) Ch-3, The Relational Model and Normalization Ch-5, Data Modeling with Entity the Relationship Model Ch-6, Transforming Data Models into Database Design Ch-7 SQL for Database Construction and Application Processing Ch-9 Managing Multiuser Databases Ch-10 Managing Databases with Oracle Virtual Demonstration using Quiz Ch-1 & 2 s You Tube Videos Schema tutorial Quiz Ch-3, 5 & 6 Database Project Group Phase One of the Database Project Quiz CH -7 and 9 s YouTube Videos Phase Two of the Database Project Exercises Discussion Endof-modules Quiz One Exercises Discussion Form Groups End-of-modules Quiz Two Discussion Conceptual Design Due 4/2 Exercises Endof-modules Quiz Three Discussion Logical Design Due 4/22 6

7 8. Database Access Standards 11/12-11/18 9. Business intelligence Systems (BI) 11/19 11/26 Understand the importance of XML, ODBC discuss Data warehousing and data mining Ch-13, XML Ch-15, Database Processing for BI Systems 11/27 11/29 Thanksgiving Break 10 12/3 TBA s XML, Scripting Tutorials You Tube Videos Phase Three of the Database Project Group Database Project Presentation Final Examination Exercises Discussion Implementation Report Due 12/3 University Closed Review for Final Ch- 10, 13, 15 End-ofcourse FOR ONLINE STUDENTS ONLY Online students. Students are required to login to the class website at least 3 times per week and participate actively in weekly readings, class discussions, group projects, written assignments and assigned online activities. End-of-chapter review questions will be available every Tuesday and will be due by 11:55 am the following Sunday. For example, answers to Chapter 1, first-ten-odd review questions are due Sunday, September 8, Be sure to give yourself enough time to complete your review questions. The weekly review submission links will close at 11:55 am on the assignment due date. In accordance with the MIS department, all quizzes and examinations will take place in a face-to-face environment in order to maintain testing integrity. If you are unable to take the examinations on campus; an alternative testing center with proctor services must be scheduled. The examinee must provide photo identification and is required to leave course materials including textbook, outside the testing room. Please manage your time accordingly as late assignments and quizzes will not be accepted. The principal vehicles used in the exploration of the course content include online modules, student companion websites, leadership discussion forums and tutorials, and assignments. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to work with and learn from each other. Students are given the opportunity to apply their knowledge to assigned exercises, which are designed to provide a solid learning path from concepts to database applications. 7

8 APPENDIX A College of Business Career Day Tentative Agenda November 20, 2013 Center of Business and Graduate Studies Building Purpose: To develop students into professionals by giving them an awareness of career options and concepts within their chosen disciplines and thereby increase our student retention rate and obtain recognition for having premier career-oriented programs Audience & Guests: Outstanding alumni and key industry representatives will be included on panels to discuss career options in each of the undergraduate disciplines. Faculty from each discipline will be responsible for helping to choose 2-3 people for each panel. Panelists should be prepared to discuss: eligibility requirements; steps to success; useful courses and paraprofessional experiences; necessary training; recent changes, breakthroughs and/or current trends in the field; etc. Tentative Schedule 9:00am-9:50am Opening Session CLT :00am-10:50am Concurrent Panels Panel 1 Accounting 1208 Panel 2 Finance & Economics Classroom 1 Panel 3 Management 1209 Panel 4 Marketing Library Panel 5 Business Information Systems Classroom 2 Panel 6 Graduate School/PhD Project Classroom 3 11:00 am-11:50pm Concurrent Panels Panel 1 Accounting 1208 Panel 2 Finance & Economics Classroom 1 Panel 3 Management 1209 Panel 4 Marketing Library Panel 5 Business Information Systems Classroom 2 Panel 6 Graduate School/PhD Project Classroom 3 12:00n -1:30pm Networking Lunch Library 10:00 am-3:00pm Employer Showcase Lobby 8

9 APPENDIX B Database Rubric Database Design Beginning (1) 1 pts Developing (2) 2 pts Accomplishing (3) 3 pts Exemplary (4) 4 pts Unit A Starting Access and Oracle Beginning (1) Understand relational databases, explore the advantages of database management, explore the database program window, and compare Excel to Access. Developing (2) Open a database, learn database terminology, enter data, learn navigation mode keyboard shortcuts, change from navigation mode to Edit mode, edit data, learn edit mode keyboard shortcuts, resize and move datasheet columns. Accomplishing (3) Create a database, understand Access objects and their purpose, create a table, understand data types within a table, create a primary key field, and learn about field properties. Exemplary (4) Understand oneto-many relationship, relate two tables, enforce referential integrity, understand an orphan record concept, print preview an Access datasheet, then print a datasheet. Unit B Building and Using Queries Beginning (1) Define a query, create a query, and understand a logical view of the data and SQL instructions. Developing (2) Use Query Design View, understand field lists, adding criteria, and join line, modify a query, use the field selector, add/delete a table to a query. Accomplishing (3) Sort and find data, understand the sort/find buttons, filter data, understand the filter data buttons, use wildcard character(s), understand filters versus queries. Exemplary (4) Apply AND criteria, apply OR criteria, learn the comparison operators, search for blank fields us Is Null and Is Not Null, format a datasheet. Unit C Creating Entity Relations Diagrams (ERD) Beginning (1) Define a form, create a form, learn form controls, and identify a "user" versus a "database designer. Developing (2) Use Form Layout View, use Form Design View, and learn mouse pointer shapes. Accomplishing (3) Add fields to a form, view the field list window, understand bound versus unbound controls, modify form controls, and work with property sheet(s). Exemplary (4) Create calculations using an expression, learn how to select more than one control at one time, modify form tab order, understand a tab stop, insert an image, and learn form sections and multimedia controls. Unit D Using Reports Beginning (1) Define a report, preview a report, and understand the report sections. Developing (2) Use the Report Wizard to create a report. Accomplishing (3) Use Report Design View, understand the multiple views, use report sections and understand grouping. Exemplary (4) Create calculations, add subtotals and counts, understand an expression, a function, format a report, and change report page layout. 9

10 APPENDIX C Presentation Rubric The following assessment rubric is used to evaluate the student s ability to communicate verbally effectively using PowerPoint. Areas Exemplary (3.00) Acceptable (2.00) Unacceptable (1.00) Organization Content The presentation is carefully organized and provided convincing evidence to support conclusions. The content is accurate and complete. Listeners are likely to gain new insights about the topic. i.e., speakers knowledge of subject matter The presentation has a focus and provided some evidence which supports conclusions. The content is generally accurate, but incomplete. Listeners may learn some isolated facts, but they are unlikely to gain new insights. No apparent organization. Evidence is not used to support assertions. The content is inaccurate or overly general. Listeners are unlikely to learn anything or may be misled. Delivery Power Point Tool Usage The speaker is relaxed and comfortable. Speaks without undue reliance on notes, and interacts with listeners, i.e., eye contact All 10 point PP tools instructions are followed, i.e., Understanding and using the Master Slide concept. The speaker is generally relaxed and comfortable; but too often relies on notes. Listeners are sometimes ignored or misunderstood. 7-9 of the 10 PP tool instructions are followed The speaker appears anxious and uncomfortable. And reads notes, rather than speaks. Listeners are largely ignored. Less than 7 of the 10 point PP tool usages instructions are followed 10