CS 395: Relational Database Systems

Spring 2002 Syllabus

Instructor Information

• Instructor: Dave Musicant
• Office: CMC 326
• E-mail: dmusican@carleton.edu
• Office phone: (507)646-4369
• Home phone: (952)882-8571 (before 10 PM, please)
• Office hours: Tuesdays 9:45-11:45 AM, Wednesdays 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Textbook

• Database Management Systems (2nd edition), Ramakrishnan and Gehrke, McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Class Website

• http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/faculty/dmusican/cs395s02

Your Grade

• Programming assignments: 40%
• Non-programming assignments: 20%
• Take home exam 1: 20%
• Take home exam 2: 20%

Assignments & Presentation

• Programming: There will be a warm-up C++ assignment, four Minibase assignments and an Oracle assignment.
• There will be a number of shorter non-programming assignments.

Collaboration

1. Programming assignments: I encourage you to work in pairs on these assignments. Only one of the two of you should actually submit your code, but indicate both of your names in comments in your programs.
2. Non-programming assignments: You should turn in your own assignment. You may work with other people, but each of you should be turning in your own. Make sure to give people credit where they have helped out.
3. Take-home exams: Do these completely on your own. You can discuss them only with me, though I won't say much :) I will charge students with cheating if I find evidence of this.

Homework Policy

• Each assignment will have a specific time for which it will be due. An assignment turned in late within one day of the due time will be docked 25%. A program turned in later than one day of the due date but within two days will be docked 50%. A programming assignment turned in any time after this until the last day of classes will be docked 75%. Non-programming assignments can not be turned in any later than two days following the due date since we may be discussing answers in class.