CIS 1230 – Microcomputer Database Application
ORIENTATION AND DEADLINE DATES
This is an information sheet only, not the course syllabus.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Relational
database management course using a Windows platform including database design,
database creation, database maintenance, firm creation, report creation, query
creation, and macros creation.
Instruction in application development and programming using a
representative microcomputer database management package. Prerequisite: CIS 1110, CIS 1130, CIS 1150,
or consent of instructor
3 Credit
Hours
COURSE MATERIALS
Required Textbooks: New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2003, Comprehensive, Second Edition, by Joseph J. Adamski, and Kathy Finnegan. Thomson Course Technology.
VIDEOTAPES/AUDIOTAPES
None
OTHER MEDIA
None
ORIENTATION/ATTENDANCE
Orientation is recommended.
EVALUATION/GRADING
Exams and Evaluations
The CIS 1230 course requires completion of 12 units and 4 tests. The following completion rules MUST be followed:
- The last day to submit Unit 1, Unit 2,
Unit 3, and Exam 1 for credit is mid-semester. (Refer to your Course
Information Sheet for this date.)
After mid-semester, you will receive
zero points for Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, and Exam 1. You must submit this
work, however, as a requirement of the course before the instructor will
grade any other assignments or tests.
2. You can
submit a maximum of two units in one calendar week.
3. You
can take a maximum of two exams in one calendar week.
4. You must complete all unit
assignments and exams by the Deadline Date.
No exceptions to these rules
will be made – please plan accordingly. See
the Course Map in Section 2 of this Handbook.
COURSE OUTLINE
|
Week |
Unit |
Required Text |
Project
|
Exam Number
|
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1 |
1 |
Tutorial 1 AC 1-29 |
AC 30 Case 1 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Tutorial 2 AC 35-72 |
AC 74-75 Case 1 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
Tutorial 3 AC 81-121 |
AC 123 Case 1 Appendix 4 |
|
|
4 |
|
Review for Exam 1, Units 1-3 |
|
Exam 1 |
|
5 |
4 |
Tutorial 4 AC 129-161 |
AC 163 Case 1 |
|
|
6 |
5 |
Tutorial 5 AC 169-210 |
AC 212 Case 1 Appendix 3 |
|
|
7 |
|
Tutorial 6 AC 221-276 |
AC 278-280 Case 1 |
|
|
8 |
6 |
Review for Exam 2, Units 4-6 |
|
Exam 2 |
|
9 |
7 |
Tutorial 7 AC 287-352 |
AC 354-357 Case 1 |
|
|
10 |
8 |
Tutorial 8 AC 369-428 |
AC 430-432 Case 1 |
|
|
11 |
9 |
Tutorial 9 AC 441-479 |
AC 481-482 Case 1 |
|
|
12 |
|
Review for Exam 3, Units 7-9 |
|
Exam 3 |
|
13 |
10 |
Tutorial 10 AC 489-543 |
AC 490-542 OverSeas Database Switchboard |
|
|
14 |
11 |
Tutorial 11 AC 553-591 |
AC 555-591 OverSeas Database Switchboard |
|
|
15 |
12 |
Tutorial 12 AC 599-619 Review for Exam 4, Units 10-12 |
AC 634 Case 1 |
Exam 4 |