The mid-term exam is on 25 October, and the final exam is on 13 December, and you must attend both. There will be no alternative exam dates!
Homework
All homework must be done individually by the submitting student. You may not collaborate with other students, and you may not submit the work of others (for example, from previous semesters) as your own. I take the honor code seriously!
Use of material
The material provided by the instructor (slides, homework, solutions, etc.) is for the exclusive use of students who are presently enrolled in this course. All downloading of this material by others, and any distribution of this material (including uploading the material to other sites) is prohibited as both an honor code violation and copyright infringement.
Classroom etiquette
- All mobile phones must be turned off and put away for the duration of the lecture. Texting or browsing are not permitted.
- The use of laptops is strictly limited to note-taking.
- Late entries and early exits should be avoided, but are permitted -- however, a student is allowed one entry and one exit in each period.
- Each lecture is 150 minutes; therefore the time slot 4:30-7:10 allows for one 10 minute break.
- About using e-mail
Requirements
Two exams and five homework assignments (approximate weights are indicated in parenthesis):
- Homework assignments (30%)
- Midterm exam (30%)
- Final exam (40%)
Incompletes will be allowed only for personal emergencies, not for work overload (either at school or at work).
About final grades.
Textbook
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Database Systems: An Application-Oriented Approach, Introductory Version,
2/E, 2005
Lewis, Kifer and Bernstein
Addison-Wesley/Pearson, 2005 -
Oracle 10g Programming: A Primer
Sunderraman
Addison-Wesley, 2008
Course management
This course is managed with the help of Moodle. All course resources (schedule of lectures, instructor slides, homework assignments, as well periodic announcements) are posted to Moodle, and all homework must be uploaded to Moodle. Login information will be sent to all enrolled students by email before the first scheduled class. If you haven't received this email, contact the instructor.
This course is also delivered to a DL (Distance Learning) section online using the MIST/C Internet teaching software. Students in the online section will be able to connect to class sessions "live" and to download recordings of previous lectures.
Instructor
Dr. Ami Motro
Office: S&T2-455, Telephone: 993-1665
E-mail: 
Web: http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~ami
Office hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 3:00-4:00
Teaching Assistant
Mr. Muzammil Sagheer
Office: ENG-4456
Email: msagheer@gmu.edu
Office hours: Tuesday 7:30-8:30 and Wednesday 5:30-6:30
Meeting
Tuesday 4:30-7:10, ENG-4705