This course has been carefully designed to
develop a specific set of skills. Most individuals would consider it a
'technical course', but it is NOT a training
exercise. It corresponds to the old adage "Give a man a fish and he will eat for
a day; Teach him how to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime". We will be
learning how to fish here. How to fish in any type of water
for any type of fish (well, at least we will begin to).
Listed below are some of the specific skill
areas as well as the objectives which are designed to target learning:
COGNITIVE SKILLS
Objectives:
To develop a
Conceptual basis of Databases
To understand
Database usage in Business
To understand
the simplicity and complexity of Databases
To conceptualize directions in technology
for the future
To synthesize material from a variety of
sources
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Objectives:
To judge reliability, integrity, and
accuracy of sources of information
To determine the data
types necessary to fulfill business requirements
To design, analyze, and implement complete
database projects
To translate user
needs into functional database tables
To evaluate presentation of information
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Objectives:
Learn basics of
ERDs
Learn basics of SQL
Become familiar with
a variety of database applications
Become familiar with
a variety of common database tools
Design and develop a
working database (or two)
CREATIVE SKILLS
Objectives:
To learn to translate
conceptual models into working databases
To translate
ambiguity into operationalized tables
This course has been carefully designed to
develop a specific set of skills. Most individuals would consider it a
'technical course', but it is NOT a training
exercise. It corresponds to the old adage "Give a man a fish and he will eat for
a day; Teach him how to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime". We will be
learning how to fish here. How to fish in any type of water
for any type of fish (well, at least we will begin to).
To develop a
Conceptual basis of Databases