Class Standards for DBS201
Professor: Lydia Li
 Email: Lydia.li@senecac.on.ca
 USE YOUR LEARN ACCOUNT TO CORRESPOND WITH ME.
 You MUST include your user-id in the subject line.
 Failure to include this will result in NO response.
 Office: T2094
 Student contact hours : see timetable on my web site
You can get Course Information from my web site:
http://cs.senecac.on.ca/~lydia.li
Mode of Instruction
This course alternates between Lecture and Lab sessions. It will be very important to attend
each session. There will not be any repeats of lectures or labs. Rely on the BUDDY system to keep
up to date WHEN ANY sessions are unavoidably missed.
Document presentation
All "hand-in" documents must be properly identified, have a cover page and a table of
contents.
The table of contents must include
Subject title, Due date, First and Last name, Student ID, iSeries user id.
The cover page and table of contents are marked for clarity and neatness on each
assignment or lab.
Assignments
There will be three assignments worth a total of 20% of your final grade.
Assignments are to be handed to me at the end of class on the due date. They must
comply with the document presentation standard.
Non compliance of the document presentation standard on Assignments means it will not
be graded. They must be resubmitted and can cause it to be considered late.
Late Assignments
Assignments that are submitted late will lose 20 percentage points for each calendar day
late.
Labs
Ten labs will be marked throughout the semester totaling 5% of your final grade. If you
miss a specific lab or submit it late you forfeit the marks.
Tests
There will be two mid term tests worth 40% of your final grade
Missed Test
If you miss a mid term test due to an emergency you must EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY
in order to receive consideration for your absence. You will need to provide documented
evidence (ie. Doctor's note) of the emergency. In case of valid absence, You may be
required to write a makeup test or an averaging method of tests and assignments
will be used to determine your mark!!
Exam
There will be a final exam worth 35% of your final grade.
Login at home
You can download our schools terminal emulation software: MochaW32 from ACS.
connection using: odin.senecac.on.ca
port Number: 23
You can navigate iSeries at home after you get your iSeries User ID and Password
DURING lab period.
Reference Material:
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Excerpts from Database Systems Design, and
Implementation & Management; ISBN: 017641360X
Mastering the AS/400, 3rd Ed., by Jerry Fottral, published
by 29th Street Press, ISBN: 1-58304-070-6
A Guide to SQL, 7th Edition by Pratt, published by Course
Technology, Thompson Learning, ISBN 0-619-21674-3
Attendance, Lateness and Classroom Behavior
I keep an informal record of your attendance in class. I am reluctant to provide help
outside of regular class time to students who do not bother or infrequently attend classes.
You are responsible on all tests and assignments for any material covered or assigned in
class or contained within noted sections of the text.
Classes will start on time and late arrivals must not disturb the class. Enter quietly and
take a seat. Do not disturb the class by asking questions about what took place before
your arrival. Students who are late for class should make arrangements with a buddy to
obtain information on material covered and hand outs.