HADM 3740

Fundamentals of Database Management and Data Analysis

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

Prepares students to create and manage information in a knowledge-based organization. Students learn to design and use database tools  to perform analyses and to make decisions in today's information-rich business environment. The course provides both theoretical and practical perspectives of database design and administration, with a focus on application. To manage this balance, students first gain a foundation of database concepts from lecture and course readings, and subsequently apply these fundamentals through various projects and assignments. Topics include information and information management in organizations; fundamentals of relational database design and implementation; writing and running SQL queries; working in database design teams and as individual research analysts; database design and management using Microsoft Access; database normalization; data-driven decision making; conversion of data into information and knowledge that can be leveraged to achieve business objectives; the role of data and information management in contemporary society; and data management opportunities in the hospitality industry.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: undergraduate students.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies HADM or Free Electives for SHA students.

Comments Graduate students must enroll in HADM 6740. Due to capacity restraints in the Binenkorb Lab, attendance at the first class is mandatory; no-show students are dropped to make room for stand-by students; students may not drop the course after the second week of class.

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