COMP 3421, Winter 2014

Syllabus

Office Hours

Scott: Tue/Thu 1:30 - 3:00 and by appointment

Tanarat: Mon/Wed 1:00 - 3:00 and by appointment

Outline

The timing of topics covered is approximate and the list is incomplete. More will be added soon.
Week Due Topic
1: Jan 7 & 9 Intro, DB Design, ER Model, Relational Algebra
2: Jan 14 & 16 Assignment 1, due 1/14 Relational Algebra, SQL
SQL Startup, due 1/14
3: Jan 21 & 23 Assignment 2, due 1/21 SQL (Aggregates, triggers, referential integrity)
4: Jan 28 & 30 Scripting, Indexing, Performance
5: Feb 4 & 6 Assignment 3, due 2/2 Dependencies, Normalization
6: Feb 11 & 13 Assignment 4, due 2/11 MIDTERM, 2/13
7: Feb 18 & 20 Funcitonal Dependencies and Normalization
8: Feb 25 & 27 Assignment 5, due 3/1 Normalization, Scripting, Triggers
9: Mar 4 & 6 Assignment 6, due 3/6 JDBC, B-trees
10: Mar 11 & 13 Assignment 7, due 3/11 Review on 3/11, FINAL on 3/13

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