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Fall 2013.
MIS 380, section 1.
Classroom: GMCS 306
PROFESSOR: Dr. KOSTER
OFFICE HOURS:
DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Time: M W 2-3:15PM
Office: SS 3112
phone: 594-1020
email: akoster@mail.sdsu.edu
Monday and Wednesday, Starting at 18:45
Except TBA
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Required: Database Management Systems, 2011 edition, A. Koster,
Customized Material, Montezuma Publishing
Optional: Modern Database Management, 11e, Hoffer, Ramesh, Hopi,
2013 (Pearson)
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will provide students a broad
familiarity with modern techniques of database design,
organization and processing in computer based-information systems.
The emphasis in the course will be on the application of data
management software for designing, creating, and manipulating
databases. In the process, concepts involved in analysis, design,
and administration of large databases will be discussed. The
relational database model will be covered in depth.
Course concepts will be illustrated through the design,
implementation, and processing of a database using the relational
database management system ORACLE and the database language SQL.
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 Describe how relational databases store business data and
provide desired information.
 Analyze organizational information requirements using the
entity-relationship approach and model them as EntityRelationship Diagrams (conceptual database design).
 Map an Entity-Relationship Diagram to a relational database
(logical database design).
 Use normal form theory to analyze and improve a database
design.
 Create a database with the ORACLE Database Management System
and process complex information using the SQL language.
 Explain how a DBMS enforces security, recovery from failure,
and concurrency control
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EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING: The course grade will depend on 3
examinations, 4 projects, and class participation as follows
1. Three multiple-choice midterm examinations and pop quizzes
60 (20%, 20%, 20%)
2.
Projects 35% (weights of the 4 projects 1, 2, 3, 4: 6.5, 1.5, 7, 5)
3. Class participation 5%
Letter grades are provided to students for each exam and
project as an approximate indication of their standing in the
class, but final class grades are computed using the numeric
scores.
------------------------------------------------------------Communications Instructor-Students: Exam topics, projects, and
schedule changes are sent via email. Students’ email addresses
are collected during the first week of classes. Please, make
sure the email system you use is reliable.
Schedule.
Dates are tentative.
Changes, if any, will be announced by email.
(August 26, 28) Introduction to database systems.
READINGS: Koster, pages 3-14 (optional Hoffer, Chapter 1 through page
9, pages 1-16)
Phases of Database Design, Information Requirements
READINGS: Koster, pp. 15-17
(September 4). No class on September 2, Labor Day
Conceptual Database Design. Data modeling using the
Entity-Relationship approach.
READINGS: Koster, pp. 18-30 (optional Hoffer, Chapter 2, thru page 60,
66 to 79)
(September 9, 11). Data modeling using the Entity-Relationship
approach, cont. READINGS: Koster, pp. 18-30
(September 16, 18). Advanced elements of the EntityRelationship approach. Generalization hierarchies.
READINGS: Koster, section on data modeling, cont. pages 32-37
(optional Hoffer, Chapter 3, thru page 125)
(September 23, 25). The Relational Database Model. Tables,
attributes, candidate keys, primary keys and foreign keys,
integrity rules.
READINGS: Koster, pp. 38-40
(September 30, October 2) Logical Database Design: Mapping an
entity-relationship design into a relational database.
READINGS: Koster, section on mapping: pages 41-56
Project part 1 due on September 30 (Conceptual design using ER)
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(October 7, 9). Introduction to SQL and ORACLE. The SQLPLUS
interface. READINGS: Koster, pp. 57-64, pages 158-160
CREATE TABLE statement. Expressing integrity constraints. Data
types. INSERT statement. SELECT queries on single tables.
Aggregate functions. Null values. READINGS: Koster, Pages 65-93.
Exam #1 October 7
(October 14, 16). SQL, cont. Queries on multiple tables.
(joins). UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE, COMMIT, ROLLBACK statements.
Nested subqueries. READINGS: Koster, pages 94-100, 108-113, 116.
Project part 2 due October 14 (logical design)
(October 21, 23). Advanced elements of SQL, cont.
VIEWS: CREATE VIEW command, rules about view data modification.
READINGS: Koster, pages 117-123.
(October 28, 30). Normalization of databases; normal forms.
READINGS: Article by Kent: A Simple Guide to Five Normal Forms;
Koster, pages 131-146 (except NF 5)
(November 4, 6). Normalization, cont. Practical considerations,
de-normalization. Operational databases vs data warehouses
Project part 3 due on November 4 (database creation and simple
processing with ORACLE)
(November 13). No class on November 11, Veterans Day.
Transaction Management: ACID properties, data
integrity/security/privacy
READINGS: Koster, pages 127-130 (SQL GRANT command), p. 150-151
(Optional:Hoffer p. 489)
Exam 2 on November 13
(November 18, 20). Transaction Management, cont.
Concurrency control. GRANT and LOCK commands. Recovery from
failure
READINGS: Koster, pages 152-157 (Optional Hoffer, p. 486 to 488, p. 490
to 497)
(November 25, 27). Physical characteristics of input/output
devices. Physical data structures for databases: file structures -sequential, hash and index files -- B-Trees
READINGS: Koster, section on data structures, pp. 126, 147-149
(optional Hoffer, p.219 to 229)
Project part 4 due on November 25 (Advanced database processing
with ORACLE/SQL)
(December 2, 4). Physical database design, cont.
READINGS: Koster, section on data structures, pp. 126, 147-149
(December 9, 11).
Midterm #3 on December 9. Project 4 discussion