Register forCIT 180 Database Concepts and Structured Query LanguageSpring 2010 Semester - Distance Education |
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Everyone who wants a successful career that touches in any way on the storing and retrieving of facts will benefit from a better understanding of this basic tool. Most of the people who take this class do not intend to ever program a database for a living but they know that they will better fulfill their job responsibilities and provide leadership for their employer if they have a better grasp of database concepts and what is involved in manipulating a database.
That's because the glue that holds our economic world together is the databases that businesses and organizations use to hold and track the multiple details that make them unique and competitive. We are talking about more than client names and addresses or employee pay rates. You might be interested in tracking the medicines that your patients take, or the inventory of goods that your retail operation stocks, or the books that your library has on order, or the assignments that your students have completed. Most organizations purchase specialty software to meet 80% of their needs and then hire consultants to modify and customize that software. But if the organization doesn't have a good grasp about what is possible, they will not present their needs to the consultants clearly and they will end up being dissatisfied with their software. This is where you come in. By taking CIT 180 you will be able to communicate with both the people inside your organization and the consultants, you will be able to provide the leadership to make sure that your organization thrives. Any career that will utilize information management in some form will benefit from a nuts and bolts exposure to database concepts and SQL (the generic language of databases). And anyone who envisions working in any capacity in the computer field will be at a disadvantage if they have not been exposed to a basic database class. Students at every level (certificate, associate, bachelors or masters degree) and every major will benefit:
What do you need to take CIT 180? You should have taken IS 101 and have some prior experience with programming (like IS 115 or CIT 151, HTML). Check out the CIT 180 syllabus for more details about this class. If you have any questions, contact Judy [dot] Fightmaster [at] csn [dot] edu |