Faculty Contact Information:
Cameron D. Bunch
Phone: +34-956-823672
E-mail: cbunch@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
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Consultation:
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Consultation will be by appointment.
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Required Texts and Readings:
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Rob, P., and Coronel, C. (2004). Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology.
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Supplementary Readings:
The standard for papers in the graduate program is the APA style. All participants in this course and all graduate INSS, MGMT, PUAD, and ECON courses should have a copy of the style guide:
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. Washington DC: Author.
All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students' research and writing skills.
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Recommended Journals:
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Publications of the various professional societies (such as ACM -- the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computing Society, and the various management professional societies) are strongly recommended. In addition, there are many trade journals (such as eWEEK) that MIS professionals should become familiar with, many of these being published both weekly and on-line.
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Course Description:
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3 semester hours credit. Prerequisite: Either INSS 510, INSS 520, INSS 530, or permission of the Program Director. Examines database concepts and practices as they relate to business environments. Various database structures including relational and object-oriented are discussed. Concepts of distributed database architecture are explored. Design, development, and implementation of databases are examined. Organizational issues concerning the implementation of databases and the role of data in the decision-making process are examined. Decision support system architecture is reviewed with emphasis on the database component. Issues of intelligent databases are discussed. A database project is required.
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Course Goals:
Upon completion of the course, participants should:
1. Understand and apply database concepts and practices
2. Understand relational and object-oriented database models, and how they compare to "traditional" models such as hierarchical and network.
3. Design and implement a relational database.
4. Understand and discuss issues associated with Internet database development.
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Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Describe, compare, and use tools of database design development and implementation, such as: Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD), Relational schema, Table normalization, Structured Query Language (SQL), and ANSI/SPARC 3-level architecture - subschemas.
2. Discuss the advantages and issues of distributed database architecture and two- and three- tier database architectures,
3. Concurrency control and transaction management, .
4. Compare and contrast approaches to Security of databases
5. Define organizational issues and the responsibilities associated with database administration.
6. Discuss the role of data and information in decision making, and techniques such as data mining and data warehousing as used for decision support.
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Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 92%
B 80 – 91%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available in your local Education Center or online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs.
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Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society.
In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
10% - Participate in classroom discussions
20% - Database project
20% - Research paper
10% - Orally/visually present prepared material
15% - Midterm exam
25% - Final exam
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Description of Course Requirements:
Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Usually this requires two to three hours for every hour of a face-to-face class and approximately ten hours of preparation per week for a DE class.
A database design project is required. Detailed project requirements and schedule information will be provided during the first week of class. The primary objective of the project is to understand database design concepts but you will produce a working prototype of your database. The specific software to be used will be determined based on availability but the intent is to give you exposure to the client/server database environment so every attempt will be made to ensure that you get exposure to a RDBMS server product such as MySQL or MS SQL Server as well as front-end products like MS Access.
A database related research paper is required: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Plan on committing approximately 150 hours over the duration of this course to producing professional level deliverables, to include programs, projects, papers, and/or case studies.
Orally/visually presentation of the research paper: You are required to present your results in a professional manner. This means an oral presentation accompanied by appropriate visual material.
Details of the requirements and schedule for the research paper and presentation will be provided during the first week of class.
Complete two written examination(s): The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary for successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The examination questions used for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam.
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Course Schedule:
This schedule presents 16 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a regular three-hour weekday meeting, a half-day on weekends, or a full week of DE.
29 Mar: Introduction, Database Systems Ch. 1
Data Models Ch. 2
31 Mar: The Relational Database Model Ch. 3
5 Apr: Entity Relationship (E-R) Modeling Ch. 4
7 Apr: Normalization of DB Tables Ch. 5
12 Apr: Intro to Structured Query Language (SQL) Ch. 6
14 Apr: Advanced SQL Ch. 7
19 Apr: Database Design Ch. 8
21 Apr: Midterm Exam
26 Apr: Transaction Management and Concurrency Control Ch. 9
28 Apr: Distributed DBMS Ch. 10, Homework 3
3 May: Object-Oriented Databases Ch. 11
5 May: The Data Warehouse Ch. 12
10 May: Databases in Electronic Commerce Ch. 13
12 May: Web Database Development Ch. 14 Homework 5
17 May: Database Administration Ch. 15
19 May: Final Exam
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Academic Policies:
Academic Policies: Please refer to the UMUC - Europe Graduate Catalog, available online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs/index.html or from your local Education Center, for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
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Faculty Bio:
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Cameron Bunch received his BS in Information Systems Management in 1989 from the University of Maryland. He received his MS degree in Management Information Systems in 2000 from Bowie State University. He has worked extensively in the computer and information systems field over the past 20 years in systems and application programming, analysis and design, and information management. He currently is the Chief Information Officer for the US Naval Hospital, Rota Spain.
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