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Week 4 Assignment – University Database

Overview

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 their name, date of birth, social, and professional study program.

Instructions

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 four types of business intelligence reports
  that could help the 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.
• Consider outsourcing the functions above as an alternative for
  development of the database. Research the Internet and other media
  sources for vendors who develop registrar and school management database
  systems.
  • Suggest three vendors that developed and are employing
    efficient registrar and school management database systems and support
    your reasons to choose from one of these three 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.
• Go to the Strayer Library to locate at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
• The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
  required assignment page length. Include charts or diagrams created in
  any chart or drawing tool with which you are familiar. The completed
  diagrams or charts must be imported into the Word document before the
  paper is submitted.