Columbus State University
D. Abbott Turner College of Business
Course Syllabus
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Turner College of Business is to prepare students to add value to their communities, and
to local and regional firms, our students’ primary employers.
Term:
Spring 2012
Course/CRN #:
MISM 4135 / CRN 21479. CPSC 3131/CRN 22990
Course Title:
Database Design
Catalog Description:
Investigation of database design technology translating user information
needs into working databases with an emphasis on relational models and
software.
Prerequisites:
MISM 3115
Meeting time and place:
TR 9:30AM – 10:45AM CCT 350
Instructor:
Lei Li, Ph D
Required text:
Peter Rob and Carlos Coronel, Database Systems: Design, Implementation,
and Management, 8th Edition, Thomson Course Technology, 2008, ISBN
1423902017.
Additional Materials:
IBM iSeries material (handout & web tutorial)
Office:
CCT 328
Office hours:
TR 8:30am - 9:30am, 10:50am -11:50am, 6:50pm-7:30pm, and by
appointment. CCT 328
Telephone:
(706) 565-4067 Office
Email and course
All the course communication outside classroom MUST go through
communications
CougarView (webct). It is GUARANTEED that instructor will respond to
students’ CougarView emails or bulletin postings WITHIN 12 hours of their
posting time.
Alternative E-mail
li_lei@columbusstate.edu (only for emergence purpose, e.g., CourgarView is
down). When writing to this email address, students MUST put “MISM
4135” in the subject line.
Course Organization
This course is a hybrid class with 50% online time. Except the first week or
otherwise specified, the class only meet on Thursday each course week. The
classes on Tuesdays are dedicated as online classes. Students are required to
complete readings and online quizzes.
Course Objectives:
Upon completing MISM 4135, you should be able to:
1. Understand the role of technology professionals, users, and others in
the design, use, and implementation of database systems.
2. Explain the basic principles of database systems such as relational
data model, entity relationship model, and nomalization, etc.
3. Be proficient in design, implementation of database systems from
user requirement in IBM DB2 environment.
4. Be proficient in writing queries on a database using Structured Query
Language in IBM DB2 environment.
Required CougarView
CougarView will be used extensively in this course. Students need be able to
Literacy
perform following activities in CougarView.
 read, write, and reply emails and bulletin board postings
 check announcement, assignments
 submit assignments and projects.
 check the grades of assignments and exams.
 download course material, e.g., lectures
Initial tutorial on CougarView will be covered at the first day of class.
Students are REQUIRED to check CougarView REGULARLY (once a
day) for announcements, lectures notes, and other course updates.
CougarView Resources
Assessment and
Grading:
Numeric Grade to
Letter Grade
Conversion
Participation Grade
Grading Policy
Assignment Submission
Access:
 From CSU website -> Current students -> CougarView ( left-bottom
corner of the page
 Direct web address: http://colstate.view.usg.edu
Help:
 FAQs, Tutorials, Tips and tricks, and online support from
CougarView website.
Browser Check:
All campus computers are Courgarview ready. For your home PC, you may
need to use following link to check and tune-up your web browser:
http://www.usg.edu/usgweb/browserchecker/
GRADING
There is total 500 points in this course.
Assessment Assessment Points
Percentage Subtotal
Groups
Item
Tests
Midterm
60
12%
Final
100
20%
32%
Assignments Assign 1
10
2%
Assign 2
20
4%
Assign 3
30
6%
Assign 4
30
6%
Assign 5
30
6%
24%
Projects
Project 1
35
7%
Project 2
35
7%
Project 3 (Team) 90
18%
32%
Participation Online quizzes
48
9.6%
Class roll
12
2.4%
12%
Total
500
100%
100%
Points
Letter Grade
450 – 500
A
400 – 449
B
350 – 399
C
300 – 349
D
300 <
F
There are 8 online quizzes which are used to ensure students read the required
course material. Each quiz worth 6 points.
Instructor will take at least 6 official roll during the semester. Each roll is 2
points.
Students may review class material covered in previous class or volunteer for
“Technology of the week” talk (discuss the latest news of database or
technology). Students will receive 2 points per participation.
The total number of participation points CAN NOT exceeds 60 points.
There is NO curving, NO Extra points, NO makeup exams available in this
course.
All assignments and projects must be submitted through CougarView. Email
attachment will NOT be accepted. A late submission for the first 24 hours is
subject to 10% penalty to its grade. Any submission that is more than 48
hours later will NOT be accepted.
Computer may have problems, Internet may be down, and files may get lost,
etc. …… Plan ahead to submit your assignments EARLY. DON NOT waits
Examination Retention
until last minute.
If there is any dispute on the graded assignments, projects and exams,
students must notify instructor within 1 week of grade posting date. Graded
exams will be kept on file for one semester following the completion of the
current semester.
PERSPECTIVES
Ethical Perspectives:
Students will explore ethical related to database technology.
Political, Social, Legal
NA
and Regulatory
perspectives:
Technological
Covered throughout the course in readings and projects.
Perspectives:
POLICIES AND CONDUCT OF COURSE
Academic integrity:
Students are expected to comply with the provisions of Section III, "Student
Responsibilities," of the Columbus State University Student Handbook. This
specifically includes the sections on "Academic Irregularity," and "Conduct
Irregularity." In particular, the Columbus State University Student Handbook
states:
No student shall give or receive assistance in the preparation of any
assignment, essay, laboratory report, or examination to be submitted as a
requirement for any academic course in such a way that the submitted work
can no longer be considered the personal effort of the student submitting the
work.
Software, Web pages, and similar objects used in this class are the result of
work performed by others. You should respect that effort and should not copy
those works without approval. You should also provide citations and
references when you incorporate the work of others into homework and
project presentations and reports. This also applies to work created by your
classmates. What you create is also your intellectual property and should be
treated as a valuable item. You should always do your own work and not
submit work done by others as your own.
When class is in session, distractions must be kept to a minimum. This
includes, but is not limited to, the following:
 Coming to class on time and remaining in class until it is dismissed.
 Turning off cell phones, pagers, watch timers, and similar devices
with audible tones.
 Refraining from side discussions with classmates during lectures and
class discussion.
 Refraining from reading materials, other than assigned materials,
during class.
Students creating distractions may be asked to leave class for the day. This
will result in a recorded absence. If a student continues to distract class, the
student may be dropped from the course.
An accumulation of excessive absences can result in an automatic “WF”
Attendance:
grade. A total of four (4) absences will result in this action. Two tardies will
count as an absence. Leaving class early will be counted as a “tardy”. Class
attendance is mandatory if you expect to do well in this class. Class
attendance and participation are important since some of the topics may not
be adequately covered in the textbook. All students may be called on and
asked to respond to questions posed by the instructor. This action will
prompt you to think about how to apply the material to all business
problems. Therefore, keeping up with your readings before class is
essential.
Examinations:
Examinations will include hands-on work, multiple choice and problem
solving questions. The exact exam format will be discussed in class before
the scheduled exam dates. Make-up exams will be permitted only if caused
by illness and if approved in advance.
ADMINISTRATION
Disabilities:
Withdrawal:
ADA statement: If you have a documented disability as described by the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
that may require you to need assistance attaining accessibility to
instructional content to meet course requirements, we recommend that you
contact the Office of Disability Services in the Academic Support Center
(Tucker Hall, 568-2330) as soon as possible. It is then your responsibility to
contact and meet with the instructor. The Office of Disability Services can
assist you and the instructor in formulating a reasonable accommodation
plan and provide support in developing appropriate accommodations for
your disability. Course requirements will not be waived but accommodations
may be made to assist you to meet the requirements. Technical support may
also be available to meet your specific need.
In accordance with Board of Regents' policy, a grade of "W" will be
assigned for withdrawal forms submitted to the Registrar by the "W" Grade
Deadline (2/3/2012). A grade of "WF" will be assigned for withdrawal forms
submitted to the Registrar after the deadline (see page 2 of the Schedule of
Courses booklet).
MISM 4135 Database Design Class Schedule
CRN: 21479, Spring 2012*
Week
1
Meeting Date
1/9-1/15
Topic
Syllabus, course Introduction
Introduction to IBM DB2 UDB
Chapter 1 Database Systems
Chapter 2 Data Models
Assignments/Project
Assignment 1 due on 1/14
2
1/16-1/22
3&4
1/23-2/5
Chapter 3 The Relational Data Model
Last day to withdraw (2/3)
Chapter 4 Entity Relationship Modeling
Assignment 3 due on 2/4
5
2/6-2/12
6
2/13-2/19
Chapter 5 Normalization of Database Table
Midterm Exam Review
Midterm Exam (2/21)
Assignment 5 due on 2/18
7
2/20-2/26
8
2/27-3/4
9
3/5-3/11
10
3/12-3/18
Chapter 7 cont., lab
Team project meeting 1
Project 1 due on 3/17
11
3/19-3/25
IBM DB2 – creating queries, lab
Team Project report 1 due 3/24
12
3/26-4/1
Chapter 9 Database Design
Team project meeting 2
Project 2 due 3/31
13
4/2-4/8
Team Project 3 report 2 due on 4/7
14
4/9-4/15
15
4/16-4/22
Chapter 13. Business Intelligence and Data
Warehouse
Chapter 15 Database Administration
Team Project meeting 3, lab
Team Project Presentations
16
4/23-4/29
Final Exam Review, Lab
Team project final report due 4/28
17
Thu., May 3 at
10:30-12:30 p.m.
Assignment 2 due on 1/21
Assignment 4 due on 2/11
IBM DB 2 – iSeries web access, create database Team project team info. due on 3/4
Chapter 7 Introduction to SQL
Spring Break – No Class
Final exam (comprehensive, chapters 1-5, 7,
9, 13, 15)
* The course schedule is subject to change.
Last updated: 12/23/2011