Assignment 1 : Business Rules and Data Models
Suppose a local college has tasked you to develop a database that will keep track of students and the courses that they have taken . In addition to tracking the students and courses , the client wants the database to keep track of the instructors teaching each of the courses .
Use the internet to research the types of information that a college would want to track in a database . Focus your attention on information that could represent entities within a database as well as attributes of such entities .
Write a two to three ( 2-3 ) page paper in which you :
1 . Describe the purpose of the database .
2 . Based on your research and / or common knowledge of a college and the information tracked by a college , describe the entities of the database and the attributes of each entity .
3 . Based on your research and / or common knowledge of a college and the information tracked by a college , describe the business rules that could impact the structure of the database .
4 . Determine the information that the conceptual model of the database would include and determine the information that the physical model of the database would include .
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements :
� Be typed , double spaced , using Times New Roman font ( size 12 ), with one-inch margins on all sides ; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format . Check with your professor for any additional instructions .
� Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment , the student ’ s name , the professor ’ s name , the course title , and the date . The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length .