CIS 50L – Page 1
Date Approved:
10/24/88
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated:
9/23/07
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: CIS 50L
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) BDP 50L
COURSE TITLE
DATABASE APPLICATIONS LAB
LECTURE HOURS: 0
LAB HOURS: 3.0
UNITS: 1.0
PREREQUISITE: NONE: CIS 1 & CIS 3 Recommended
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: CIS 50 - Database Applications
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
NONE
Max No. Units
Grade/CR/NC Option
Maximum Class Size 50
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
An activity course which enables students to use computer hardware, software and documentation to
complete database lab exercises and projects assigned in the lecture course CIS 50 — Database
Applications.
NOTE: Concurrent enrollment in CIS 50 required.
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or
skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include
objectives in the area of “critical thinking.” Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be
able to:
Using computer hardware and database software and documentation provided by the college, students
will be able to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Use the documentation literature,
Set up a database,
Manipulate a database,
Maintain a database,
Design reports using data from the database,
Link one file to another within the database,
Write procedures to do the above for a student conceived, designed and implemented project.
CIS 50L – Page 2
Date Approved:
10/24/88
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated:
9/23/07
COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Exercises to instruct in the database (BD) Syntax
Exercises to instruct in the DB documentation
Student Projects
30%
20%
50%
GRADING SYSTEM:
CREDIT/CREDIT ONLY
Credit earned when:
-
1. Minimum of 38 DHR hours recorded
2. Minimum of 70% grade on homework exercises and special projects assigned in the lecture
course - CIS 50
CIS 50L – Page 3
Date Approved:
10/24/88
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated:
9/23/07
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: dBase III Plus Programming
Required
Edition: ___
Alternate
Author: Wray
Recommended
Publisher: Boyd & Fraser Publishing
Date Published: 1988
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale—Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why substantial
writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)____
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
CIS 50L – Page 4
Date Approved:
10/24/88
Date Scanned:
5/5/2005
Date Inactivated:
9/23/07
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) Maintain a notebook
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc.
This lab course requires students to translate their problem solutions into acceptable database command
language syntax. The student will be expected to analyze the problem & devise a solution that is
accurate, effective, & efficient. This translation is implemented (keyed, debugged and tested) using the
computers in the lab.
The problems that students are to master include:
1.
2.
3.
4.
the design, manipulate of a database
the design of input screens & report formats
the language of databases
the development of coded procedures to solve elements of a student-designed database project.