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Discussion board, fundamentals of database systems | CS251 Fundamentals of Database Systems | Colorado Technical University
Discussion board, fundamentals of database systems | CS251 Fundamentals of Database Systems | Colorado Technical University.
For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:
You have been asked to design a database for CTU, which includes three entities (tables): Students, Faculty, and Courses.
Note: A course refers to a particular course section. For example, the current CS251 you are taking is one course instance (e.g., CS251-01), and another CS251 section is another course instance (e.g., CS251-02). It should also have session information (e.g., 2101A).
Discuss the following:
- Identify 2–3 attributes for each entity, and describe the relationships between the entities.
- To help you with the discussion above, provide a summary using the following template table: (Please see the attached photo for the template table)
- Why is the selection of entities and attributes so important during the design phase of a database?