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Course Description
Introduces
database systems, emphasizing study of database models and languages
and practice of database design and programming. Topics include
Entity-Relationship model, relational model and its formal query
languages, SQL, theory of relational database design, and
object-oriented and logic-based databases.
Instructor:
Dr.
Jessica Lin
Office:
Engineering Building 4419
Phone:
703-993-4693
Email:
jessica [AT] cs [DOT] gmu [DOT] edu
Office
Hours: Thursday 2-4pm
Classes
Thursday
4:30-7:10pm
Robinson Hall B113
Prerequisites:
INFS 501, 515, 519, and SWE 510, or equivalent.
Prerequisites are strictly enforced.
Grading
Quiz: 15%
Project: 25%
Midterm: 25%
Final: 35%
Assignments
There will be four assignments. However, the
assignments will not be
graded.
Exams
There will be 5 quizzes, a midterm exam and a final
exam covering
lectures and
readings (in class, closed book). The final exam
(comprehensive) includes topics covered in the entire semester. With the exception of the quizzes, which must be taken
at the time they are given, prior arrangement needs to be made with the
instructor if you cannot make it to the exam. Missed exams cannot be
made up.
Honor Code
Statement
Please be
familiar with the GMU
Honor Code. Any deviation from this is considered
an Honor Code violation.
Textbooks
Required: "Database
Management Systems" 3rd
Edition, by Ramakrishnan and
Gehrke
Recommended: Oracle 10g Programming: A Primer
by Sunderraman,
Addison-Wesley, 2008
Tentative Topics
Ch.1: Overview
of Database Systems
Ch.2: Introduction to Database Design
Ch.3: The Relational Model
Ch.4: Relational Algebra
Ch.5: SQL
Ch.6: Database Application Development
Ch.10: Tree-Structured Indexing
Ch.19: Schema Refinement and Normal Forms
Note: If time permits, more
chapters will be added.
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