IT 240
Intro to Desktop Databases
Introduction
About this course
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Design a database: Entity Relation (ER)
modeling and normalization techniques
Create and maintain a database using Microsoft
Access.
Compose and use queries in Structured Query
Language
Create and customize forms and reports
Integrate databases with other sources of data
and applications
Important information
Update your email on Campus Connect
 Go to ID Services to apply for your student
computer account if you do not already
have one. Information at:
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http://is.depaul.edu/communication/web/personal_students.asp
About Me
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Contact info:
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474 CTI Building
 Email: gandrus@cti.depaul.edu
 Web: condor.depaul.edu/~gandrus
 Office Ph: 312-362-8719
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Education
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Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics
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M.S. in Mathematical Statistics
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Michigan State University
Teaching
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Wayne State University
CS, Math, and Stat at CTI since 1980
Research
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Semantics of Programming Languages
Probabilistic Approximation Theory
 Complex Variables
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Other Interests
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Cycling, Chess, Wildlife, Backpacking, Collecting
About you – Please hand in the following
information on the card provided.
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Name, Year, Major
Hometown
Why did you take this course?
What did you do over winter
break?
Your computer experience
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Have you used the Internet before?
 Have you created a web page?
 What MS tools have you used?
Word, Excel, Access?
To Know YOU Better
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Talk with me before or after class
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Concerns about this class
Suggestions to improve the lectures
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Come to my office (during office hours or not)
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Things you like and dislike
474 CTI Building in Loop
Tuesdays: 10:20 am – 11:50 am, Loop
Thursdays: 1:50 pm – 3:10 pm, SAC 268
Office hours: open-door, no appointments needed
Email (gandrus@cti.depaul.edu). Usually
prompt reply.
Ask and answer questions in class.
Lecture format
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PowerPoint / Web presentation + blackboard
illustration
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Class Web Page, syllabus, etc.
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Help with assignments in lab
Keep focused in class
http://condor.depaul.edu/~gandrus/121
CTI’s CourseOnLine (COLweb)
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http://col.cti.depaul.edu
 Submit homework
 Check grades
 Email instructor and classmates (make sure you have your
correct email on file)
Course Grading
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Regularly assigned homework (with due dates)
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Given on course website and COLweb
(https://webmail.cti.depaul.edu/)
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Submitted up to one week after due date, 10 point penalty
After that homework will receive a grade of zero
Submit via COLweb, see Submission Guidelines
About 7-9 assignments.
Your homework average will count as 40% of the course
grade.
Midterm exam (or project) will count 25% of your grade.
No final exam. Final project counts 35% of your grade.
More about the final project later.
See course syllabus for more details.