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MACC Catalog #BOE 264
CIP # 520408
DATE: February 2012
Moberly Area Community College
Common Syllabus
Database Management
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Catalog Description:
BOE 264: Database Management
(3-0-3)
This course is designed to teach database skills needed in the professional environment and to
obtain Microsoft Access Certification. Topics to be covered include creating relational databases
with multiple tables, writing queries such as crosstab, append, delete and update, enforcing
referential integrity, creating simple and complex forms and reports, and developing a
switchboard. Successful completion of BOE264 prepares students to take the Microsoft Access
Certification Exam.
Prerequisite/Co-requisite: BOE 106 Business and Office Technology Essentials, CIS 100
Computer Essentials, or any Computer Information Systems course, or instructor approval.
Text(s): Shelly, Microsoft Office Access 2010, Comprehensive, 2008 Edition, Cengage
Publishing, ISBN: 978-143-90-7902-7.
Other Required Materials:
A pen or pencil, paper, a folder with pockets, and two 100 MB zip disks (IBM formatted).
Purpose of Course: The purpose of the course is to teach students the fundamental concepts of
Microsoft Access 2002 and develop occupational proficiencies.
Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Solve computer functionality problems without direct supervision.
2. Complete textbook projects without direct supervision.
3. Identify and define terminology associated with Access.
4. Design, create, and edit a database using design and datasheet views.
5. Generate queries using the select query window.
6. Maintain a database using the design and update features of Access.
7. Create and use a data access page.
8. Produce professional forms and reports in a database.
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Enhance forms and subforms.
Organize, design, and create a switchboard.
Integrate data from an Excel worksheet into an Access database.
Customize forms using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Administer a database system.
Create grouped data access pages as well as data access pages containing PivotTables
and PivotCharts.
Course Content:
1. Nine Projects:
1) Creating a Database Using Design and Datasheet Views
i. In Project 1, students are introduced to the concept of a database and
shown how to use Access 2002 to create a database.
2) Querying a Database Using the Select Query Window
i. In Project 2, students learn to use queries to obtain information from the
data in their databases.
3) Maintaining a Database Using the Design and Update Features of Access 2002
i. In Project 3, students learn the crucial skills involved in maintaining a
database.
4) Reports, Forms, and Combo Boxes
i. In Project 4, students learn to create custom reports and forms.
5) Enhancing Forms with OLE Fields, Hyperlinks, and Subforms
i. In Project 5, students learn to use date, memo, OLE, and hyperlink fields.
6) Creating an Application System Using Macros, Wizards, and the Switchboard
Manager
i. In Project 6, students learn to create a switchboard system.
7) Creating a Report Using Design View
i. In Project 7, students will learn to use Design View to create complex
reports involving data from queries that join multiple tables.
8) Using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Advanced Form Techniques
i. In Project 8, students learn to use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) as
well as advanced techniques for creating forms.
9) Administering a Database System
i. In Project 9, students learn the issues and techniques involved in
administering a database system.
2. Three Features:
1) Publishing to the Internet Using Data Access Pages
i. In this Web Feature, students learn to create a data access page to enable
user to access data in a database via the Internet.
2) Sharing Data among Applications
i. In this Integration Feature, students learn how to embed an Excel
worksheet in an Access database and how to link a worksheet to a
database.
3) Grouped Data Access Pages, PivotTables, and PivotCharts
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i. In this Integration Feature, students learn how to create grouped data
access pages as well as data access pages containing PivotTables and
PivotCharts.
Statement to Connect Course with Technical Program Outcome Statement:
In compliance with MACC’s General Education outcomes, the student who successfully
completes this course will be able to:
I. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication;
Assessment of Student Learning:
1. Course Grading Scale:
100% - 90% A
89% - 80%
B
79% - 70%
C
69% - 60%
D
59% - Below F
2. Course Grading Components:
Assignments
25%
Exams
50%
Final Exam
25%
3. Assignments: Students can choose any of the specified assignments they wish to
complete. Students can refer to the course outline to view the specific dates assignments
are to be turned in.
4. Exams: Students can refer to the course outline to view the specific dates exams are to be
given.
5. Final Exam: The final exam will be comprehensive. All students must take the final
exam on the specific date designated. Students can refer to the course outline to view the
specific date the final exam is to be given.
6. Effort: The instructor reserves the discretionary right to take exceptional effort into
consideration when computing final grade.
Description of Major Assignment(s)/Project(s):
Program Assessment of Student Learning: The Business and Office Technology faculty
continually strive to meet the needs of their students through program improvements. These
improvements are a result of program assessments and the consultation and advisement of the
BOT Advisory Committee. In addition to the course assessments outlined in this syllabus, the
objectives achieved in this course will also be an integral part of the Business and Office
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Technology program assessment. Students will be assessed on the mastery of course concepts
and essential skills attained in this course during the capstone course, Administrative Office
Procedures.
Instructor Policies
Attendance:
Any student who misses two consecutive weeks of class during a regular sixteen week semester
or the equivalent proportion of the class time during a shorter session will be dropped from the
class by the instructor unless acceptable justification is supplied. Additionally, any student who
misses more than one-fourth of the entire number of in-seat class meetings in a regular 16- week
semester or the equivalent proportion of class time during a shorter session, may be dropped
from that class by that instructor if, in the opinion of the instructor, the student does not have
reasonable opportunity to succeed in the class.
Student attendance must be defined in a different manner for online, hybrid, and virtual courses.
Student attendance in these courses is defined as active participation in the course. Online,
hybrid, and virtual courses will, at a minimum, have weekly mechanisms for student
participation, such as any or all of the following methods:
a. Completion of quizzes or exams
b. Submission of assignments
c. Participation in threaded discussions
d. Communication with the instructor
A student who does not participate in an online, hybrid, or virtual course for two consecutive
weeks will be dropped by the instructor unless acceptable justification is supplied.
Tardiness:
Make-up and late work:
Extra-Credit:
Schedule of Student Assignment and Activities:
Americans with Disabilities Act Statement
Students who have disabilities that qualify under the Americans with Disabilities Act may
register for assistance through the Office of Access and ADA Services. Students are invited to
contact the Access/ADA Office to confidentially discuss disability information, academic
accommodations, appropriate documentation and procedures. The Office of Access and ADA
Services is located in the Main Library and the phone number is (660) 263-4110 ext. 11240.
Students may also contact the Columbia office at (573) 234-1067 ext. 12120.
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