CS 610/710 DATABASE SYSTEMS I – 4C

FALL  2001

 

http://www.cis.uab.edu/info/dept/courses/cs610

 

 

        Time:         Tuesday & Thursday 7:00 – 8:15 PM

 

        Classroom:    Campbell Hall, Room 396

 

        Instructor:   Razvan Atanasiu (ratanasiu@emageon.com)   

 

        Office:       E-mail for Razvan              

 

  Textbook:     Ullman, Jeffrey D. and Widom, Jennifer, A First

    Course in Database Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1997.

 

        References:   Date, C. J., An Introduction to Database Systems, Volume I, 

                      6^th ed., Addison-Wesley, 1995.

 

    am = additonal material

 

        Time Table:   Topic                                     Chapter       

                      -----                                     -------       

 

                      Introduction                                 1          

                      Database Modeling                            2          

                      Relational Data Model                        3-4        

                      SQL                                          5  

                      JDBC                                        am       

                      Constraints and Triggers                     6          

                      System Aspects of SQL                        7          

                      XML                                         am

                      Object-Oriented Query Languages              8          

 

 

        The Midterm Examination is set for Tuesday, October 16. 

  The Final Examination is on Tuesday, December 11, from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM. 

  In addition, there will be optional exercises to support and complement   

  the examinations, and a project.

 

        Grading:      Midterm Examination                33%

                      Final Examination                  33%

          Project                            33%

 

  Prerequisite: CS 405 Programming Languages or equivalent.