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University Database (W4)
A prestigious university has recently implemented a consolidation strategy that
will require it to centralize their student records. In order to move forward, the
local university will need to develop a data model that will retain student records
and perform various data extract transform and load (ETL) processes. Imagine that
you have been hired as a database consultant to assist in the development of a
data design strategy for the student records.
You met with various university subject matter experts and have determined the
following after performing various business analysis processes:
Faculty groups are divided by core competencies that the university offers.
For example, there are groups such as the Art Faculty, Computer Technology
Faculty, Language Faculty, and Science Faculty. Each faculty member has an
assigned Dean and is designated to teach at one particular campus and
school. They are able to teach as many courses as required.
Courses are categorized by course code and title. Certain courses have
prerequisites and the university has asked for this to be cataloged as well.
There are various schools within each campus. For example, the Los Angeles
campus holds the following schools: School of Science, School of Law, and
School of Computer Technology. Additionally, each school offers different
professional study programs, such as Forensic Computer Science, Marine
Biology, Business Management, and Civil Engineering to name a few.
The study path for students requires that they be enrolled in a specific
professional study program. The professional study program requires the
students to complete a specific set of core courses. The university also
requires that an online grade book be available. The online grade book should
show grades awarded to students for specific courses and the term they
completed the course.
The university identifies each student by his or her name, date of birth, social,
and professional study program.
Using these findings, write a 3–4 page paper in which you:
Analyze the university’s requirements and provide a proposal to organize all
the required data elements. The proposal should include the following:
Provide an Entity Relationship Model (ERM) that will describe the data
structure that will store all data elements. Note: The graphically depicted
solution is not included in the required page length.
Describe any assumptions or limitations for each relationship. For
example, professors are able to teach more than one course or students
can only be enrolled in one program.
Create the primary key and foreign keys using a UML Class diagram for each
table.
Suggest at least 4 types of business intelligence reports that could help the
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university in course management, student enrollment, or historical tracking.
Support your answer by providing specific business functions that these
reports could be used for to assist executives of the university.
As an alternative for development of the database, you are considering
outsourcing the functions above. Research the Internet and other media
sources for vendors who develop registrar and school management database
systems.
Suggest 3 vendors that developed and are employing efficient registrar
and school management database systems and support your reasons to
choose from 1 of these 3 vendors.
Compare and contrast the key aspects that each system offers. Examples
of system aspects include but are not limited to cloud based, pricing
model, open source, et cetera.

 

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