An experience

Abstract

The process of student registration and the associated tasks of generating accurate class schedules, class roles, and student schedules is an ever increasing problem, particularly at colleges and universities which continue to use the slow 'arena' type registration procedure. One increasingly popular solution to this problem is creation of an on-line student registration system and its accompanying data base. Under such a system, student registration may be spaced over an entire semester or, with the availability of more display terminals, conducted over a time span of several days.This paper describes the development of such a system as a class project in advanced information processing. The purpose of this project was threefold:1. To acquire a working knowledge of a data base management system (in this project, DMS II00).2. To gain experience in the use of structured programming, modular programming and team operation techniques.3. To actually implement an on-line registration system using existing equipment at Mississippi State University and demonstrate its effectiveness to the school registrar and other interested parties.