MIS 3100 Database Management

Course Description: MIS 3100 Database Management emphasizes database development, usage and control with exposure to a variety of end-user and managerial programs for utilization in a professional environment.

Textbook: Blaha, Michael R., A Manager's Guide to Database Technology: Building and Purchasing Better Applicatioms, Upper Saddle River, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Prerequisites: MIS 2100, MIS 2300, MIS 2500, MIS 2700

Specific Concepts to Address:

• Purpose of database applications
• Data modeling and objects
• Modeling design process documentation
• First generation databases and relational hierarchy
• Database servers, types an function

Suggested Emphases:

• Describe uses of databases in business environment
• Compare and contrast various database paradigms
• Describe databases you have designed or used
• Describe how to choose a database vendor

Helpful Documentation:

• Relevant job descriptions
• Performance appraisals relevant to topic
• Proof of relevant training
• Original modeling documentation