Student Management System (Java)

A console-based Student Management System implemented in Java that models real-world academic relationships between students, courses, and instructors using object-oriented programming principles.

This project was developed as part of a coursework assignment and later polished for clarity, structure, and GitHub presentation.

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Features

• Create and manage Students, Courses, and Instructors
• Enroll and drop students from courses
• Assign instructors to multiple courses
• Track student course enrollments
• Dynamically resize internal data structures as limits are reached
• Display formatted summaries for students, courses, and instructors

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Core Concepts Demonstrated

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Classes and object relationships (association)
• Encapsulation and data hiding
• Dynamic array resizing
• Constructor overloading
• Traversal, insertion, and deletion
• Console-based output formatting

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Project Structure

src/

└── edu/dvc/comsc256/rs/

├── StudentTest.java // Main driver program

├── Course.java // Course model

├── Instructor.java // Instructor model

└── Student.java // Student model

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How to Run

1. Compile all .java files:

   javac edu/dvc/comsc256/rs/*.java

2. Run the main program:

   java edu.dvc.comsc256.rs.Assignment1
   
   

Output

The program demonstrates:

Adding and removing students

Assigning instructors to courses

Printing formatted summaries of all entities

Output is displayed directly in the console.

Future Improvements

Replace arrays with ArrayList

Add persistence using file or database storage

Implement a menu-driven UI

Add validation and exception handling

Introduce interfaces for extensibility

Author

Rishit Srinivas

Computer Science Student

San José State University