HADM 3740

HADM 3740

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

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. Priority given to: SHA juniors and seniors.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies HADM or free electives for SHA students.

Comments Graduate students must enroll in HADM 6740.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HADM 6740

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  9426 HADM 3740   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
    • Whitmore, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Prerequisite: HADM 1740. ARTS College students not permitted to enroll. Grad students must enroll in HADM 6740. This course being offered online due to COVID-19; enrollment is limited to students who have Windows machines. This course uses Microsoft Access and there is no version of Microsoft Access for Mac operating systems.