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INFO221 Relational Concepts (3 semester hours) Information Technology (INFO) This course is an introduction to the concepts, management issues, and advantages of management systems. Topics include INFO161 Relational with MS Access: Introduction (3 data definition, data manipulation, , Structured semester hours) (SQL), and Online (OLTP) This course focuses on the role, function, and operations of relational systems. This course examines , normalization for databases in the management of information. The course will be OLTP systems, Codd’s rules for OLTP systems, , database taught from a mixture of analytical and practical methods. This course system functions (journaling, forward recovery, backward recovery), introduces the student to the concepts of relational databases and database security (authentication and authorization), and database to the principles of relational database design in the context of the administration. This course also explores distributed databases, Online Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Analytic Processing (OLAP) systems, data warehouses, and object- Students will apply their knowledge of the principles of data design and oriented databases. Students must have access to Microsoft Access database engineering to design and develop a database application software. This software is not provided by the course material grant that includes user interfaces, form design, data analysis, and data and must be purchased/provided by the student. Course software presentation. They will examine the rudiments of requirements with the appropriate versions are listed under the course and normalization, and apply this knowledge to design the database materials site. Note for Mac Users: Access 2013 does not work on tables that implement validation rules to ensure application integrity. Mac OS. APUS recommends using Windows OS even on Mac. If Mac They will also examine and develop advanced queries such as: top OS must be used it is recommended to install Windows on Parallels values, list of values, cross tab, find duplicates, and find unmatched. (purchased separately) and install Access 2013 on the Windows OS via Students must have access to Microsoft Access software. This software Parallels. is not provided by the course material grant and must be purchased/ View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ provided by the student. The book meets the topical requirements for details.html?c=INFO221) to find out details about each course the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS). Course software requirements including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot with the appropriate versions are listed under the course materials site. of the syllabi, and session dates. Note for Mac Users: Access 2013 does not work on Mac OS. APUS recommends using Windows OS even on Mac. If Mac OS must be INFO222 Database Concepts (3 semester hours) used it is recommended to install Windows on Parallels (purchased This course is a study of major advancements in database technology separately) and install Access 2013 on the Windows OS via Parallels. that have taken place in recent years. It does not assume any prior View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ background in the field of databases, and, hence, starts with basic details.html?c=INFO161) to find out details about each course introductory concepts, but covers advanced topics as well. The including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot course will cover both conceptual and hands-on material in the of the syllabi, and session dates. area of database management, thus enabling students to have the maximum amount of comprehension and retention of material covered INFO171 Relational Databases with Oracle: SQL Introduction (3 in the course. The student must have access to MS Access. This semester hours) software is not provided by the course material grant and must be This course is a study of data modeling and database design. It applies purchased/provided by the student. Course software requirements the relational to construct Entity Relationship (ER) with the appropriate versions are listed under the course materials site. diagrams using ER Modeling. Through a study and application of the Note for Mac Users: Access 2013 does not work on Mac OS. APUS American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard Structured recommends using Windows OS even on Mac. If Mac OS must be Query Language (SQL) constructs the course introduces data definition used it is recommended to install Windows on Parallels (purchased (create, alter, drop), data manipulation (, , ), and separately) and install Access 2013 on the Windows OS via Parallels. transaction control (, , and rollback), and defining, View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ altering, and deleting primary keys, foreign keys, and constraints. details.html?c=INFO222) to find out details about each course Students must have access to Oracle software. This software is not including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot provided by the course material grant and must be purchased/ of the syllabi, and session dates. provided by the student. Course software requirements with the appropriate versions are listed under the course materials site. View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ details.html?c=INFO171) to find out details about each course including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot of the syllabi, and session dates.

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INFO261 Relational Databases with MS Access: Advanced (3 INFO262 Relational Databases with MS Access: Project (3 semester semester hours) hours) This course focuses on developing Microsoft Access Switchboard This course is a study and application of the MS Access VBA applications; it includes: designing and building form and report Programming; it takes you from using Access to programming with interfaces, interfacing the Access database to a web page, building Access. This course translates ERD diagrams into database designs, dynamic web pages, integrating Access with other Office applications examines the VBA programming model, converts macros to VBA code, such as Excel, building pivot tables and charts, categorizing the various delves into the rudiments of the Visual Basic for Application (VBA) types of operations, examining the rudiments of the Visual Basic language system, uses the VBA editor, uses VBA to connect to Access, for Applications (VBA) code, debugging VBA code, creating macros utilizes VBA to perform DDL actions in Access, creates sub procedures, and functions, and designing Access applications. Students must have implements functions, handles errors, performs debugging, and utilizes access to Microsoft Access software. This software is not provided by the built-in functions. This course also includes implementing database the course material grant and must be purchased/provided by the access in Windows-based and Web-based solutions. This course also student. Course software requirements with the appropriate versions includes an examination of the Security Model in the context of Access are listed under the course materials site. Note for Mac Users: Access and VBA. Students must have access to Microsoft Access software. 2013 does not work on Mac OS. APUS recommends using Windows This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be OS on Mac. If Mac OS must be used it is recommended to install purchased/provided by the student. Course software requirements Windows on Parallels (purchased separately) and install Access 2013 with the appropriate versions are listed under the course materials site. on the Windows OS via Parallels. Note for Mac Users: Access 2013 Note for Mac Users: Access 2013 does not work on Mac OS. APUS does not work on Mac OS. APUS recommends using Windows OS on recommends using Windows OS even on Mac. If Mac OS must be Mac. If Mac OS must be used it is recommended to install Windows used it is recommended to install Windows on Parallels (purchased on Parallels (purchased separately) and install Access 2013 on the separately) and install Access 2013 on the Windows OS via Parallels. Windows OS via Parallels. Note for Mac Users: Access 2013 does not work on Mac OS. APUS View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ recommends using Windows OS even on Mac. If Mac OS must be details.html?c=INFO261) to find out details about each course used it is recommended to install Windows on Parallels (purchased including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot separately) and install Access 2013 on the Windows OS via Parallels. of the syllabi, and session dates. View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ details.html?c=INFO262) to find out details about each course including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot of the syllabi, and session dates.

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INFO271 Relational Databases with Oracle: SQL Intermediate (3 INFO331 Management Information Systems (3 semester hours) semester hours) This course provides a technical and organizational foundation for This course is a study and application of the American National understanding the use and importance of information systems and Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard Structured Query Language information technology in today's management environment. This (SQL) constructs for an advanced level of data definition (create, alter, course covers the hardware, software, and infrastructure that support drop), data manipulation (insert, update, delete), and transaction management information systems. Information and decision support control (commit, savepoint, and rollback). The course builds on the systems, knowledge management and specialized information systems, techniques learned in the introductory course for database design database management systems, telecommunications, the Internet, and implementation. It explores the database life cycle through Intranets, Extranets, and wireless networks will be examined. This conceptual, logical, and physical design phases. The course examines course also covers systems development, e-commerce, and the ethical the correlation between SQL and relational algebra; user access and societal impact of management information systems. and control; transactional integrity; referential integrity; concurrency View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ control; and database objects such as views, complex views, details.html?c=INFO331) to find out details about each course SQL functions, and sequences. Advanced topics discussed in the including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot course include: database performance tuning, , of the syllabi, and session dates. systems, business intelligence, data analytics, data warehousing, cloud computing services, and the administration INFO371 Relational Databases With Oracle: PL/SQL (3 semester of database systems. Students must have access to Oracle software. hours) This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be This course is a study and application of the procedural language purchased/provided by the student. Course software requirements overlay on the ANSI standard Structured Query Language (SQL) to with the appropriate versions are listed under the course materials site. enable students to access tuples, one at a time. Knowledge of this (Prerequisite: INFO171 or equivalent) complex procedural component will enable students to develop View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ Programming Units that are characterized by block structure, control details.html?c=INFO271) to find out details about each course structures, variables, constants, operators, implicit and explicit cursors, including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot and exception handling (both system- and user-defined). This course of the syllabi, and session dates. examines study and application of procedures, functions, packages, and triggers. Knowledge of procedures, functions, packages, triggers, INFO321 Database Management Systems (3 semester hours) events, restrictions on triggers, the trigger firing sequence, and This course is a study of major advancements in database technology the use of triggers to perform auditing functions. This course also that have taken place in recent years. It does not assume any prior covers Object-Relational database concepts and Object Oriented background in the field of databases, and, hence, starts with basic Programming Structures (OOPS) and explores dependencies in introductory concepts, but covers advanced topics as well. The Procedures and Functions. Students must have access to Oracle course will cover both conceptual and hands-on material in the software. This software is not provided by the course material grant area of database management, thus enabling students to have the and must be purchased/provided by the student. Course software maximum amount of comprehension and retention of material covered requirements with the appropriate versions are listed under the course in the course. The student must have access to MS Access. This materials site. (Prerequisite: INFO171 or equivalent) software is not provided by the course material grant and must be View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ purchased/provided by the student. Course software requirements details.html?c=INFO371) to find out details about each course with the appropriate versions are listed under the course materials site. including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot Note for Mac Users: Access 2013 does not work on Mac OS. APUS of the syllabi, and session dates. recommends using Windows OS even on Mac. If Mac OS must be used it is recommended to install Windows on Parallels (purchased separately) and install Access 2013 on the Windows OS via Parallels. View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ details.html?c=INFO321) to find out details about each course including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot of the syllabi, and session dates.

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INFO399 Information Technology Practicum (3 semester hours) INFO471 Relational Databases With Oracle: Forms & Reports (3 The field of Information Technology (IT) is multi-faceted; it includes semester hours) technology areas such as database development, web based This course is a study and application of the User Interaction for applications, business intelligence, visual communications, data enterprise relational database systems. Topics include: the architecture analysis, software development, network security, cybercrime, digital of Forms and Reports interface, the anatomy of the Form Module and forensics, security auditing, security certification, service delivery, its various components, such as: blocks, frames, items, attributes, and governance. The IT industry requires credentialed professionals editors, windows, canvases, messages, alerts, menus, and objects. that are academically sound and that have the ability to complete real This course also examines the implementation of data integrity using world IT projects. This course provides an opportunity to integrate various types of triggers, including: input, non-input, message, alerts, academic rigor with real world experience; to apply theory to solve query, validation, navigational, and transactional; it also addresses real world problems, to make the learning experiential, to facilitate reusability and interface efficiency using modular Program Units, project-based learning, and to integrate scholarship with practice. This Libraries, Menus, and Pop-up Menus. This course is also a study and course is a supervised practicum; students must submit project plans application of the theory, concepts, and applications associated with and obtain Faculty member approval prior to beginning any work on parameterized and non-parameterized Data Retrieval and Analysis. It the project. The requirements of the project plan will be provided in also appraises report template libraries to standardize reports for the the syllabus; it should include the project sponsor, manager, scope, enterprise; and the Reports Server to manage and disseminate reports objectives, methodology, progress reporting, deliverables, and across the enterprise. Students must have access to Oracle software. schedules. The student must also submit progress reports and a final This software is not provided by the course material grant and must be report that includes an acceptance sign-off from the project sponsor. purchased/provided by the student. Course software requirements The Faculty member also has to approve the completed project in with the appropriate versions are listed under the course materials site. order for the student to earn a successful grade in this class. The student (Prerequisite: INFO171 or equivalent) is responsible to have access to all the necessary software, documents, View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ and other materials necessary to fulfill the requirements of this course. details.html?c=INFO471) to find out details about each course Enrollment is contingent upon the approval of the faculty member. including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ of the syllabi, and session dates. details.html?c=INFO399) to find out details about each course including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot INFO498 Information Technology: Capstone (3 semester hours) of the syllabi, and session dates. This capstone course is a senior level course designed to allow the student to review, analyze and integrate the work the student has completed toward a degree in Information Technology. The student will complete an approved academic project and paper that demonstrates mastery of their program of study in a meaningful culmination of their learning, and assesses their level of mastery of the stated outcomes of their degree requirements. This is a capstone course to be taken after all other Information Technology courses have been satisfactorily completed. Students must have senior standing in the program and must demonstrate that they have taken all other IT courses in their degree plan prior to registering for this course. (Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 105 hours towards your program including ENGL101 or ENGL110) View the course schedule (https://www.apus.edu/course-schedule/ details.html?c=INFO498) to find out details about each course including prerequisites, course objectives, course materials, a snapshot of the syllabi, and session dates.

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