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Course Syllabus
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Course Objectives:
Database System Principles
Professor Dongming Liang
Summer 2015
CS520
3 Credit Hours
15 Weeks
Saturday 12pm - 3pm
Database Systems: The Complete Book (2nd Edition) by Hector
Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom Prentice Hall; 2
edition (June 15, 2008)
Based on the fundamentals introduced in CS420, this course explores
key aspects of database system implementation, focusing on storage
structures, query processing, and transaction management. Topics
include: secondary storage management, data integrity, index
structures, query execution, query processing and query optimization,
recovery, concurrency control, and transaction management.
CS420
None
In this course, students will learn how a relational database
management system is built. Students will learn the issues involved in
designing efficient database systems, and the strategies, data-structures,
and algorithms used in the implementation of such systems. This
includes:
 File organizations
 Indexes, tree-structured indexing, hash-based indexes
 External sorting
 Evaluation of relational operators
 Relational query optimization
 Database transaction management
Learning Outcomes:
Course Learning Outcomes
Describe database secondary storage
Identify index structures
Explain the stages of query execution
Understand query processing and optimization
Describe transaction management
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Explain disk structures for arranging data
Understand basic index structures and Btree index
Examine how a user query is executed in
database engine
Explain execution plan generation and
optimization strategies
Understand deadlock and its prevention
Course Outline
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Topic
Introduction
SQL Review
Storage structure
Index structures
Hashing
Relational Algebra
Query execution
Midterm
Query processing
Query optimization
Query optimization
Recovery
Concurrent control
Transaction management
Final Examination
Reading Assignment
Ch6
Ch7
Ch13
Ch14
Ch14
Ch16
Ch15
Ch16
Ch16
Ch16
Ch17
Ch18
Ch19
Instruction Methods:
In Class Lectures
Grading:
30%
40%
30%
100%
Grading Scale:
Approximate letter grade range
90 <= A <= 100
80 <= B < 90
70 <= C < 80
60 <= D < 70
F < 60
Grading System:
Score Range
98 - 100
92 - 97.9
90 - 91.9
88 - 89.9
82 - 87.9
80 - 81.9
78 - 79.9
72 - 77.9
70 - 71.9
68 - 69.9
62 - 67.9
60 -61.9
Below 59.9
Mid-Term Examination
Final Examination
Quizzes, Home-works_______
Total
Grade
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DF
GPA
4.3
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0
Policies and Procedures:
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Eating:
Eating and drinking (except water) are prohibited in the classrooms. Students with food may be
asked to leave the class.
Cell Phones:
Students will turn their cell phones off or put them on vibrate mode while in class. They will not
answer their phones in class. Students whose phones disrupt the course and do not stop when
requested by the instructor will be reported to the Academic Dean.
Academic Honesty:
All students taking courses in the SVU agree; individually and collectively, that they will neither
give nor receive un-permitted aid in examination or other course works that is to be used by the
instructor as a basis of grading. Copying or exchanging information for any type of tests and class
project will be considered as plagiarism. Students who are caught cheating will be reported to the
Academic Dean.
Other Classroom Etiquettes:
1. Notify me if you will be late or leave early.
2. Do not engage in any conversation except the class discussions with the instructor.
3. Do not put your heads on the desk. If you will be sleepy, then do not attend the class.
4. Do not read or work on anything except the material in the class. i.e., working on other
class materials, reading newspapers, etc.
University’s Academic Integrity Policy:
For more University’s student’s conduct code, refer to the Student Handbook
Add / Drop Policy:
Students are responsible for understanding the policies and procedures about add/drops, academic
renewal, etc.
Students are allowed to add/drop classes twice during the first and second week. For more
information
on
add/drop
and
refund
policies
please
refer
to
http://www.svuca.edu/home/refund_policies.html and the announcement page.
Additional Information
No make-up examination will be given unless there is a catastrophic reason (approved by the
Academic Dean). In case that you have a catastrophic reason not to take the exam, let the
instructor and Dean know at least one week before the exam. Otherwise no make-up exam will be
given.
Honor Code:
Attendance:
Make-up Work:
All students taking courses in the SVU agree; individually and
collectively, that they will neither give nor receive un-permitted aid in
examination or other course works that is to be used by the instructor as
a basis of grading.
Required.
No, unless pre-arranged with the instructor.
Resources:
All students are encouraged to use library-collected reference books
and electronic Journals. You can also use SVU Library On-line
Database.
Revision Date:
05/04/2015