Beginning C# 2008 Objects: From Concept to Code

3.2. State/Fields/Data

If we want to record information about a student, what data might we require? Some examples might include the following:

• The student's name

• His or her student ID number

• The student's birth date

• His or her address

• The student's designated major field of study, if the student has declared one yet

• His or her cumulative grade point average (GPA)

• The name of the student's faculty advisor

• A list of the courses that the student is currently enrolled in this semester (that is, the student's current course load)

• A history of all courses that the student has taken to date, the semester/year in which each was taken, and the grade that was earned for each: in other words, the student's transcript

And so on. Now, how about for an academic ...