CIS: DATABASE MANAGEMENT A.S. DEGREE

Computer Science &
Information Technology







American River College
4700 College Oak Drive
Sacramento, CA 95841
Curriculum Approved: Dec 8, 2005 [Additional Revision in Process]

The CIS: Database Management degree focuses on relational database technology used in the business environment. The emphasis is on selecting the appropriate system platform for database deployment. Course work includes database system design and programming for desktop, enterprise and Internet platforms, structure query language (SQL) programming, introductory principles of modular programming, system design and problem solving, desktop operating systems, electronic spradsheets and a variety of introductory business courses.

Requirements for Degree
Required Program Units
ACCT 101 - Fundamentals of College Accounting (3)
   or ACCT 301 - Financial Accounting (4)
3-4

BUS 110 - Business Economics (3)
   or ECON 302 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)

3
BUS 300 - Introduction to Business 3

BUS 310 - Business Communications (3)
   or ENGWR 300 - College Composition (3)

3
BUS 340 - Business Law 3
CISA 305 - Beginning Word Processing 2
CISA 315 - Electronic Spreadsheets 2
CISA 320 - Introduction to Database Management 1
CISC 310 - Introduction to Computer Information Science 3
CISC 320 - Operating Systems 1
CISP 317 - Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming 4
CISP 350 - Database Programming 3

CISP 401 - Object Oriented Programming with Java (4)
   or CISP 430 - Data Structures (4)
4

CISP 457 - Computer Systems Analysis and Design

3

A minimum of 1 unit from the following:
 
BUSTEC 300 - Begining Keyboarding/Applications (1-3) 1


Additional Requirements
The CIS: Database Management Associate in Science (A.S.) Degree may be obtained by completion of the required program, plus general education requirements, plus sufficient electives to meet a 60-unit total. See ARC graduation requirements.

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