Univeristy 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 student records and perform various data extract
transform and load (ETL) processes. Imagine that you have been hired as a
database consultant to assist in the development of a data design
strategy for the student records.

You
met with various university subject matter experts and have determined
the following after performing various business 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 courses have
  prerequisites and the university has asked for this to be cataloged as
  well.
• There
  are various schools within each campus. For example, the Los Angeles
  campus holds the following 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,
  Marine Biology, Business Management, and Civil Engineering to name a
  few.
• The
  study path for students requires that they be enrolled 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 online grade book be available. The online grade book
  should show grades awarded to students for specific courses and the term
  they completed the course.
• The university identifies each student by his or her name, date of birth, social, and professional study program.

Using these findings, write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze
   the university’s requirements and provide a proposal to organize all
   the required data elements. The proposal should include the following:
   1. Provide an Entity Relationship Model (ERM) that will describe the data structure that will store all data elements. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
   2. Describe
      any assumptions or limitations for each relationship. For example,
      professors are able to teach more than one course or students can only
      be enrolled in one program.
2. Create the primary key and foreign keys using a UML Class diagram for each table.
3. Suggest
   at least four (4) types of business intelligence reports that could
   help the university in course management, student enrollment, or
   historical tracking. Support your answer by providing specific business
   functions that these reports could assist executives of the university.
4. As
   an alternative for development of the database, you are considering
   outsourcing the functions above. Research the Internet and other media
   sources for vendors who develop registrar and school management database
   systems.
   1. Suggest
      three (3) vendors that developed and are employing efficient registrar
      and school management database systems and support your reasons to
      choose from one (1) of these three (3) vendors.
   2. Compare
      and contrast the key aspects that each system offers. Examples of
      system aspects include but not limited to cloud based, pricing model,
      open source, etc.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.