Teaching database in an integrated oracle environment
This paper describes the approach used to teach the database course to undergraduate majors. The curriculum is structured to provide two courses in sequence to teach the database technology to both the computer science (CS) and information systems (IS) majors in an integration-driven Oracle environment. In a team-oriented approach, a comprehensive project is tackled by beginning with part project at the introductory database level, which culminates in the integration of the whole project at the advanced database level. There is strong evidence, especially from the student evaluation, that the approach has resulted in better acquisition of database concepts and practice.
The database program at IPFW was designed with the
premise that students should be well rounded in the
theoretical and practical asp
ects. Once the theoretical
foundation has been built, students can easily comprehend
the different DBMS available today, which are mere
variants of the standard database theme. One objective
measure of the success of our program is the ease of
placement of our students in
the job market. Students who
complete the database courses
are easily considered in job
placement. The integration
approach coupled with the
skills of database administration, impact our students
positively.