Maricopa Community Colleges  CIS276   19926-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10/22/91
CIS276 19926-20086 L+L 3 Credit(s) 4 Period(s)
Database Management Systems
Database design, implementation, evaluation, maintenance and management.
Prerequisites: CIS150, or CIS155, or CIS158, or permission of Instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CIS276   19926-20086 Database Management Systems
1. Describe the major types of databases and their strengths and limitations. (I)
2. Define various terms related to databases. (I)
3. Define and use rules for database design to plan a database. (II)
4. Use a database to create and manipulate an application of student's own design. (III)
5. Identify database evaluation criteria, and apply them to one or more database systems, and to one or more database schemas. (IV)
6. Identify tools for database maintenance, and describe their uses. (V)
7. Describe the uses of software tools available for managing databases. (VI)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
CIS276   19926-20086 Database Management Systems
    I. Types of databases and elementary terminology
        A. Types
          1. Hierarchical
          2. Network
          3. Relational
        B. Terminology
          1. Schema
          2. Query language
          3. User interface
          4. Application
      II. Database design
          A. Rules for good design
          B. Design review
          C. Design modification
        III. Database usage
            A. Using an instructor-provided database
            B. Implementing a student-designed database
            C. Creating an application using the database
          IV. Database evaluation
              A. Criteria for evaluation
              B. Applying the criteria
              C. Practice with evaluation
            V. Database maintenance
                A. Backup
                B. Logging and recovery
                C. Checkpoints, journals, audits
                D. Performance criteria
              VI. Software tools for database management
                  A. Data dictionary
                  B. CASE tools
                  C. Vendor-provided tools
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