- Instructor:
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Thomas P. Kelliher
Hoffberger 140
Office phone: 337-6189
Home phone: 931-2946
Send mail to kelliher AT DOMAIN bluebird.goucher.edu
http://phoenix.goucher.edu/~kelliher
Office hours: MWF 10:30--11:20am. Th 1:00--3:00pm. Other times available
by appointment.
- Class:
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Hoffberger 149, MWF 12:30--1:20pm.
Class home page: http://phoenix.goucher.edu/~kelliher/s2002/cs318/
- Objectives:
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This course will be a study of the underpinnings of modern database design,
at the application level, with application to the implementation of a
web-based transaction processing system semester project. We will also
examine deeper issues which are essential to effective design at the
application level: relational algebra, tuple calculus, data organization
and indexing strategies, and query processing and optimization.
- Expectations:
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I expect that you will be able to become proficient in basic HTML, PHP (a
scripting language), and Unix usage after brief introductions. I expect
that you have retained your knowledge of first order predicate logic from
MA 115 and MA 125. I expect that you will have completed the assigned
readings before class and understood the basic points.
- Textbook:
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P. M. Lewis, A. Bernstein, and M. Kifer, Databases and Transaction
Processing. Addison Wesley. 2002. Required.
- Grading:
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Grade Distribution
A = [92--100],
A- = [90--92),
B+ = [88--90),
B = [82--88),
B- = [80--82),
etc.
Course Point Distribution
The following is tentative.
- Assignments --- There will be approximately five written
assignments.
10% of the maximum grade will be deducted per day from late assignments
(the weekend counts as one day). Assignments over three days late will
not be accepted.
Online toolbox: You will be expected to carefully conduct a
recurring concepts study of this course, using the standard template,
and properly link it in with your online toolbox. This will count as
one of the written assignments.
Assignments will constitute 20% of your final grade.
- Midterm exam --- There will be one midterm worth 20% of your
final grade.
Tentatively, the midterm will be March 13. If you need to re-schedule an
exam, it is your responsibility to let me know a few days beforehand.
- Group term project --- The group term project will be worth 35%
of your final grade.
- Final exam --- There will be a cumulative final, scheduled by
SAS. The final will be worth 25% of your final grade.
- Course Handouts:
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Course handouts will be made available once in class. After that, they may
be obtained from the class home page.
- Attendance:
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Attendance of classes is expected. It is your responsibility to catch up
on missed class work.
- Electronic Communication:
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From time-to-time, I will need to send e-mail messages to the class. These
messages will be addressed to your official Goucher e-mail addresses. You
are responsible for checking your e-mail on a timely basis.
- Distractions:
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Cell phones must be turned off or set to ``silent'' during class. If you
must enter late, do so as unobtrusively as possible. Likewise if you must
leave early. Please use sign language if you must hold a personal
conference during class.
- Integrity:
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Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. We are all bound by the
Academic Honor Code.