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IST 220 – Intro to Databases Fall 2013 Instructor: Dr. Martin Zhao 201B Computer Science Building 301-2425 [email protected] Meeting Hours and Places: By appointment. Office Hours: Monday through Friday 2:00 - 3:00 PM We can also set up an appointment to fit your schedule and mine. Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to database management systems and their role in information technology. The course will include a laboratory component for practical experience in several database systems. Topics to be covered include database building blocks, database design, and database implementation. Texts: Determined by discuss between instructor and individual student. Course Organization & Requirements: This is an independent study class so students will do the work mostly on their own, with guidance and assistance from the instructor. The main components of the course include a semester project and a series of reading and hands-on lab assignments that will prepare students for a successful completion of the project. In the first few weeks of class, the students will experience with a database system and use a dataset approved by the instructor to build a database on the selected system. The instructor will evaluate the design and assign additional reading and exercises accordingly to help students get a deeper insight. During the same period, the students will propose their semester project. It is highly recommended for the students to talk with other IST/CSC professors and other sources for needs from other courses and local communities. After approval from the instructor, the students will start working the project as described below: The project will include such tasks as data modeling, database designing and implementing, and a set of simple user interfaces. A database system appropriate for the selected application will be determined with approval from the instructor. Grading Policy: Students should submit properly formatted documentations to be graded, including proposal and plan, database design specs and implementation logs (diagrams, data dictionary, etc, SQL scripts, etc), queries for data processing and result reporting, working user interfaces for DB accessing. A final report that summarizes the development of the database application is also required. Weight 20% 10% 15% 20% 15% 20% Deliverables DB and DBMS essentials Project proposal and initial planning Database design and implementation Loading, querying, and processing data Application/reporting design and implementation System demonstration, presentation, and final report Due date Sept 20 Sept 27 Oct 18 Nov 8 Nov 23 Dec 14 (Note: All due dates are tentative and may be adjusted based on mutual agreement between the students and the instructor.) Grade in this course will be assigned using the scale: 90% or higher A 87-89% B+ 80-86% B 77-79% C+ 70-76% C 60-69% D Lower than 60% F