4/24/2024 4:36:44 PM	CIS 69.51 Course Outline as of Spring 2008	Inactive Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CIS 69.51	Title:  FILEMAKER PRO
Full Title:  Database Management with FileMaker Pro
Last Reviewed:3/25/1999

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	3.50			Contact DHR	61.25
		Contact Total	5.50			Contact Total	96.25
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 166.25

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CIS 82.15

Catalog Description:

A full semester course exploring database design and use. Included are creating files/tables, displaying and using precreated forms and custom forms, selecting particular records, using expressions and summary calculations and interfacing with the World Wide Web.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CS 101B ( or CIS 101B) OR Course Completion of CS 105B ( or CIS 105B or CIS 81.5B or BDP 81.5B) OR Course Completion of CS 5 ( or CIS 5 or BDP 5 or BDP 51)

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A full semester course exploring database design and use. Included are creating files/tables, displaying and using precreated forms and custom forms, selecting particular records, using expressions and summary calculations and interfacing with the World Wide Web.  

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CS 101B ( or CIS 101B) OR Course Completion of CS 105B ( or CIS 105B or CIS 81.5B or BDP 81.5B) OR Course Completion of CS 5 ( or CIS 5 or BDP 5 or BDP 51)
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Students will:

when given a written description for a particular situation, create

database structure with appropriate field sizes, field types, and field

names.

create calculation, summary and reappearing fields, enter data

(automatically and manually), and check for accuracy.

create, edit and format layouts.

successfully print data files and layout documents with imported data.

describe and contrast the three conceptual data models.

compare and contrast logical and physical database designs.

query a database with simple and complex expressions.  

Topics and Scope

1.  Definitions:

   a.  database

   b.  relational database

   c.  files/tables

   d.  entities

   e.  fields

       1)  properties of fields

           a)  name

           b)  size

           c)  type

               1.  text

               2.  number

               3.  date

               4.  time

               5.  container

               6.  calculation

               7.  summary

               8.  global

   f.  fields with expression

       1)  order of operations

       2)  functions

       3)  constants

       4)  field references

       5)  stored calculation results

       6)  defining summary fields

2.  Designing the database

   a.  Database design principles

   b.  Normalization of tables-data redundancy

   c.  Entities

   d.  Key fields, Primary keys, Relating tables

3.  Creating the structure for the file/table

   a.  Naming files including common naming conventions

4.  Define the database terms:

   a.  sort

   b.  ascending

   c.  descending

   d.  key field

   e.  index

   f.  expression

   g.  constant

   h.  field

   i.  record

   j.  order of operations

   k.  redundancy

   l.  validation

5.  Distinguish between layouts appropriate for screen viewing and layouts

   appropriate for printing.

6.  Create a database consisting of at least two related tables/files.

7.  Given a database with a variety of field types, find specified records

   from the database using:

   a.  simple comparison operators (=,<,>)

   b.  AND and OR

   c.  wild cards

   d.  between operator (...)

8.  Create a layout appropriate for inputting data on screen that includes

   four of the following features:

   a.  formatting

   b.  graphic

   c.  validation rule

   d.  calculated field/expression

   e.  function

9.  Create a layout appropriate for printing labels

10. Create a layout appropriate for printing summary information from the

   database

11. Create either a "mail merge" document that contains selected

   information from the database OR

12. Display information from the database on a Web page  

Assignments:

Read approximately 30 pages per week in text book

Weekly lab exercises designed as practice for the skills and concepts

  presented in lecture.

A project involving a real life application of the student's choosing

  that demonstrates their knowledge and understanding of database

  fundamentals and the application.  

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 50%
Homework problems
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 50%
FINAL PROJECT
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 40 - 60%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

"FileMaker Pro 4 Bible", by Schwartz - IDG Books 1998

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