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Fall 2013.
MIS 686.
Classroom: GMCS 306
PROFESSOR: Dr. KOSTER
OFFICE HOURS:
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Time: W. 16-18:40
Office: SS 3112
phone: 594-1020
Department: SS 2411 phone: 594-5316
email: akoster@mail.sdsu.edu
Monday and Wednesday:
Starting at 18:50
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Required: Database Management Systems, 2011 edition, A. Koster,
Customized Material, Montezuma Publishing
Required: Modern Database Management, 11e, Hoffer, Ramesh, Hopi,
2013 (Pearson)
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COURSE OBJECTIVES: The objective of this course is to 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. Introduction
to Data Warehouses and Big Data
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.
----------------------------------------------------------------PRIMARY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 Describe how relational databases store business data and
provide desired information.
 Understand the database environment and the functions of the
database administrator
 Analyze organizational information requirements and business
rules using the entity-relationship approach and model them
as Entity-Relationship Diagrams (conceptual database design).
 Map an Entity-Relationship Diagram to a relational database
(logical database design).
 Use normal form theory to analyze and correct some flaws in a
database design.
 Create a database with the ORACLE Database Management System
and process complex information using the SQL language.
 Understand the concept of transaction and describe how a DBMS
enforces security, recovery from failure, and concurrency
control
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EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING: The course grade will depend on three
examinations, projects, and class participation as follows:
1. Three midterm examinations and quizzes 60% (20%, 20%, 20%)
2. Assignments and projects
30% (weights:6.5, 1.5, 7, 5)
3. Class participation- Presentations 10%
Letter grades are provided to students for each exam and project
as an approximate indication of their standing in 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 and Topics. Exam and project dates are tentative.
Changes, if any, will be announced in class and by email.
(August 28) Introduction to database systems.
The database environment Koster, pages 3-14 (Hoffer, Chapter 1 through
page 17; light: pages 25, 27 through 31)
Phases of Database Design.
READINGS: Koster pp. 15-17
Information Requirements.
(September 4) Data modeling using the Entity-Relationship
approach (Crow’s foot conventions).
READINGS: Koster, pp. 18-30. (Hoffer: Chapter 2 thru p. 93)
(September 11) Data modeling using the Entity-Relationship
approach, cont. Advanced elements of the Entity-Relationship
approach. Generalization hierarchies.
READINGS: Koster, pp. 32-37, cont. (Hoffer: Chapter 3 thru p. 125)
(September 18) The Relational Database Model. Tables,
attributes, candidate keys, primary keys and foreign keys,
integrity rules. Other data models.
READINGS: Koster, pp. 38-40 (Hoffer Chapter 4: sections called “the
Relational Data Model”, pp. 154-156, and
“Integrity Constraints”, pp. 158-160)
Logical Database Design: Mapping an entity-relationship design
into a relational database.
READINGS: Koster, section on mapping: pages 41-56
(September 25) Introduction to SQL and ORACLE. The SQLPLUS
interface. Editing and saving SQL commands with “pico”.
READINGS: Koster, Pages pp. 57-64, pages 158-160
CREATE TABLE statement. Expressing integrity constraints. Data
types. INSERT statement. SELECT queries on single tables.
READINGS: Koster, Pages pp. 65-87.(Hoffer readings,chapter 6, TBA)
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(October 2) SQL, cont. Arithmetic. Null values. Functions.
Aggregate functions. GROUP BY clause, HAVING clause
READINGS: Koster, Pages 65-93. (Hoffer, ch 6- limited to same topics as
Koster)
Project part 1 due on October 2 (Entity-Relationship Design)
(October 9) Queries on multiple tables (joins). Various forms of
joins. Nested subqueries for joins. Other topics TBA
READINGS: Koster, page 94-107. (Hoffer, ch 7—selected topics TBA)
October 9. Exam #1
(October 16) Advanced elements of SQL,cont UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE
statements. Nested subqueries for data modification. Correlated
subqueries.
READINGS: Koster, page 108-116
Project part 2 due on October 16 (logical design)
(October 23) Advanced elements of SQL,cont.
View creation. Rules about modifying view data.
READINGS: Koster, pages 117-123.
(October 30) Normalization of databases; normal forms.
READINGS: CACM Article by Kent: A Simple Guide to Five Normal
Forms. Koster, section on normal forms, pages 131-146
(ignore Normal Form 5)
(November 6) Transaction Management and Database
Administration: ACID properties, data integrity/security/privacy,
concurrency control. GRANT and LOCK commands.
READINGS:
Koster, pages 127-130 (GRANT commands) Pages 152-154
(Hoffer- ACID properties: Ch 11 p. 489)
(Hoffer- security: Ch 11 thru bottom of p. 472 to p. 478, 480 to 484)
(Hoffer- concurrency control: Ch 11 pp. 493 to p. 499
Project part 3 due on November 6 (database creation and simple
processing with ORACLE)
(November 13) Recovery from failure.
READINGS: Koster, section on recovery from failure, pages 155-157.
(Hoffer, chapter 11 pp. 486 to 488)
SECOND MIDTERM EXAM: November 13
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(November 20) Physical characteristics of input/output devices.
Sequential access vs direct (random) access to data. Index files
and B-Trees
Koster, section on data structures, pages 147-149, 126. (Optional
Hoffer, bottom p . 220 to p. 230, p.562 to 565)
(November 27) Data warehouses. Readings: Hoffer Ch. 9
Project part 4 due on November 27- (advanced processing with
ORACLE)
(December 4). Data warehouses cont.
Midterm #3 on December 4 or 11 (TBA)
(December 11) Selected presentations
Readings: Hoffer Ch. 9