CS-486 Database System Design

Dr. Mark J. Sebern

Spring quarter 1998


Textbook Course schedule Course policies Grading Design project requirements
Student project materials (spring 1997)
Student project materials (spring 1998)
Class news and notices

Textbook

The course textbook is Fundamentals of Database Systems (second edition), by Ramez Elmasri and Shamkant B. Navathe, Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-8053-1748-1.
The optional reference manual is Running Access 97, by John L. Viescas, 1997, Microsoft Press, ISBN 1572313234.

Schedule

See the tentative course schedule for lecture topics, lab projects, and exams.

Lab

Some course activities (including some lectures) will take place in computer lab S-307.

Course policies

My general course policies apply to this course.

Mailing list

The listserv for this course is cs486; please sign up.

Grading algorithm

Design project 50%
Mid-term exam 25%
Final exam (comprehensive) 25%

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