Description
is an introductory course on database concepts, design, and implementation. This course incorporates both theoretical concepts and the practical application of those concepts through lectures, text assignments, case studies and projects. The course content focuses on the three phases of database design: logical design, physical implementation, and application development. Students will learn how to analyze a business problem, model data flow, create a conceptual Entity-Relationship model of a database to solve the problem and develop the database application using modern software tools. Students will participate in project teams to resolve the final case project. Microsoft Visio will be used as the modeling software and Microsoft Access will be used as the relational database management software in this course. As a second-year course, IT 221 requires that a student possess fundamental computer skills in a Windows environment. This is not an entry-level course.