| Class # | Wk | Date | Day | Topic | Reading | Format |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8/25 | Tue | Course Introduction & Syllabus | Syllabus | In-person |
| 2 | 1 | 8/27 | Thu | Welcome to the Textbook: Data to Decisions | Ch 1 | In-person |
| 3 | 2 | 9/1 | Tue | Foundations of Information Systems | Ch 2 | In-person |
| 4 | 2 | 9/3 | Thu | IS vs IT, Strategic Alignment, & Governance | Ch 2 | In-person |
| 5 | 3 | 9/8 | Tue | Data Fundamentals & Classification | Ch 3 | In-person |
| 6 | 3 | 9/10 | Thu | Schemas, Metadata, Quality, & Governance | Ch 3 | Online |
| 7 | 4 | 9/15 | Tue | Introduction to Databases & DBMS | Ch 4 | In-person |
| 8 | 4 | 9/17 | Thu | Tables, Keys, Constraints, & Access Hands-On | Ch 4 | Online |
| 9 | 5 | 9/22 | Tue | SQL Foundations: DDL, DML, & CREATE TABLE | Ch 5 | In-person |
| 10 | 5 | 9/24 | Thu | SELECT, WHERE, JOIN, & Aggregation | Ch 5 | Online |
| 11 | 6 | 9/29 | Tue | The Relational Model: Entities, Keys, & Rules | Ch 6 | In-person |
| 12 | 6 | 10/1 | Thu | Relational Integrity & Schema Design | Ch 6 | Online |
| 13 | 7 | 10/6 | Tue | Midterm Review | Ch 7 | In-person |
| 14 | 7 | 10/8 | Thu | Office Hours (No Class / Attendance Counted) | - | In-person |
| - | 8 | 10/13 | Tue | Fall Break: No Class | - | - |
| 15 | 8 | 10/15 | Thu | Midterm Assessment & Begin Normalization | Ch 8 | In-person |
| 16 | 9 | 10/20 | Tue | Normalization | Ch 8 | Online |
| 17 | 10 | 10/27 | Tue | Database Design & ER Modeling | Ch 9 | In-person |
| 18 | 10 | 10/29 | Thu | Database Design & ER Modeling (cont'd): ER Cardinalities & Logical Mapping | Ch 9 | Online |
| 19 | 11 | 11/3 | Tue | Advanced SQL: Subqueries, CTEs, & Analytics | Ch 10 | Online |
| 20 | 11 | 11/5 | Thu | Database Administration & Security | Ch 11 | In-person |
| 21 | 12 | 11/10 | Tue | Business Intelligence & Reporting | Ch 12 | In-person |
| 22 | 12 | 11/12 | Thu | Advanced Database Techniques | Ch 13 | Online |
| 23 | 13 | 11/17 | Tue | Power BI, Access, & Business Reporting | Ch 14 | Online |
| 24 | 13 | 11/19 | Thu | Analytics and AI | Ch 15 | In-person |
| 25 | 14 | 11/24 | Tue | Final Review | Ch 16 | In-person |
| - | 14 | 11/26 | Thu | Thanksgiving: No Class | - | - |
| 26 | 15 | 12/1 | Tue | Final Review & Course Wrap-Up | Ch 16-17 | In-person |
| 27 | 15 | 12/3 | Thu | Office Hours (during class time) | - | In-person |