University Database

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" rel="nofollow">in student records and perform various data extract transform and load (ETL) processes. Imagin" rel="nofollow">ine that you have been hired as a database consultant to assist in" rel="nofollow">in the development of a data design strategy for the student records. You met with various university subject matter experts and have determin" rel="nofollow">ined the followin" rel="nofollow">ing after performin" rel="nofollow">ing various busin" rel="nofollow">iness 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" rel="nofollow">in courses have prerequisites and the university has asked for this to be cataloged as well. • There are various schools within" rel="nofollow">in each campus. For example, the Los Angeles campus holds the followin" rel="nofollow">ing 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, Marin" rel="nofollow">ine Biology, Busin" rel="nofollow">iness Management, and Civil Engin" rel="nofollow">ineerin" rel="nofollow">ing to name a few. • The study path for students requires that they be enrolled in" rel="nofollow">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 onlin" rel="nofollow">ine grade book be available. The onlin" rel="nofollow">ine grade book should show grades awarded to students for specific courses and the term they completed the course. • The university identities each student by his or her name, date of birth, social, and professional study program. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing these fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings. write a paper in" rel="nofollow">in which you: 1. Analyze the university's requirements and provide a proposal to organize all the required data elements. 2. Create the primary key and foreign keys usin" rel="nofollow">ing a UML Class diagram for each table. 3. Suggest at least four (4) types of busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">intelligence reports that could help the university in" rel="nofollow">in course management, student enrollment, or historical trackin" rel="nofollow">ing. Support your answer by providin" rel="nofollow">ing specific busin" rel="nofollow">iness functions that these reports could assist executives of the university. 4. As an alternative for development of the database, you are considerin" rel="nofollow">ing outsourcin" rel="nofollow">ing the functions above. Research the Internet and other media sources for vendors who develop registrar and school management database systems. a. Suggest three (3) vendors that developed and are employin" rel="nofollow">ing efficient registrar and school management database systems and support your reasons to choose from one (1) of these three (3) vendors. b. Compare and contrast the key aspects that each system offers. Examples of system aspects in" rel="nofollow">include but not limited to cloud based, pricin" rel="nofollow">ing model, open source.