Campus Course & Records Manager (CCRM)

Introduction

The Campus Course & Records Manager (CCRM) is a comprehensive, console-based Java application designed to manage student and course records for an educational institution. It provides administrators with a simple and efficient way to handle student enrollments, track academic progress, manage course offerings, and generate essential reports. The application is built with a focus on clean architecture, separating data, business logic, and user interface concerns.

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Key Features

• Student Management: Add, list, update, and deactivate student records. Student data is identified by a unique registration number.
• Course Management: Add and list courses, including details like course code, title, credits, and department.
• Enrollment System: Enroll students in available courses and unenroll them. The system validates against duplicate enrollments and semester credit limits.
• Grading System: Record and update grades for students in the courses they are enrolled in.
• Transcript Generation: Automatically calculate a student's GPA and generate a formatted academic transcript.
• Data Persistence: Student, course, and enrollment data is loaded from and saved to .csv files, ensuring data persists between sessions.
• Reporting: Generate useful administrative reports, such as listing all courses in a specific department or finding all students enrolled in a particular course. A unique report is also available to find courses with no student enrollments.
• Data Backup: Create timestamped backups of all .csv data files to prevent data loss.

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Project Structure

The project is organized into a standard Java package structure to ensure maintainability and separation of concerns. Of course. Here is a complete, professional README.md file for your project.

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Campus Course & Records Manager (CCRM)

Introduction

The Campus Course & Records Manager (CCRM) is a comprehensive, console-based Java application designed to manage student and course records for an educational institution. It provides administrators with a simple and efficient way to handle student enrollments, track academic progress, manage course offerings, and generate essential reports. The application is built with a focus on clean architecture, separating data, business logic, and user interface concerns.

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Key Features

• Student Management: Add, list, update, and deactivate student records. Student data is identified by a unique registration number.
• Course Management: Add and list courses, including details like course code, title, credits, and department.
• Enrollment System: Enroll students in available courses and unenroll them. The system validates against duplicate enrollments and semester credit limits.
• Grading System: Record and update grades for students in the courses they are enrolled in.
• Transcript Generation: Automatically calculate a student's GPA and generate a formatted academic transcript.
• Data Persistence: Student, course, and enrollment data is loaded from and saved to .csv files, ensuring data persists between sessions.
• Reporting: Generate useful administrative reports, such as listing all courses in a specific department or finding all students enrolled in a particular course. A unique report is also available to find courses with no student enrollments.
• Data Backup: Create timestamped backups of all .csv data files to prevent data loss.

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Project Structure

The project is organized into a standard Java package structure to ensure maintainability and separation of concerns.

CCRM3.0/ | ├── data/ # Contains all CSV data files (students, courses, etc.) | ├── src/ # Contains all Java source code (.java files) | └── edu/ccrm/ | ├── cli/ # Handles the command-line user interface | ├── domain/ # Core data models (Student, Course, etc.) | ├── service/ # Contains the application's business logic | ├── io/ # Manages file input/output (CSV handling, backups) | └── ... # Other utility and exception packages | ├── bin/ # Stores the compiled Java bytecode (.class files) | └── backup/ # Stores timestamped backups of the data directory

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How to Compile and Run

To compile and run the application, you will need a Java Development Kit (JDK) installed and configured on your system.

1. Navigate to the Source Directory: Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate into the src directory of the project.

   cd path/to/your/project/CCRM3.0/src/

2. Compile the Project: Use the javac command to compile the main application file. The compiler will automatically find and compile all other required .java files.

   javac App.java

   This command will place all the compiled .class files into the ../bin directory.

3. Run the Application: From the src directory, use the java command to run the compiled App class. Make sure to specify the classpath (-cp) to point to the bin directory where the compiled files are located.

   java -cp ../bin App

The application will now start, load the data from the data directory, and display the main menu