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CS 448/
Introduction to Database
Management
M. Tamer Özsu (DC 3121; tozsu@db)
Frank W. Tompa (DC 1313; fwtompa@db)
To study databases from four viewpoints, in particular,
those of the database user, the database designer, the
database manager, and the database system
implementer.
Sub-objectives
❶ To understand the principles of relational database management systems and their languages – in particular SQL. ❷ To learn the methodology for building applications on top of database management systems – the so called data modeling process. ❸ To investigate the internal operations of relational database management systems.
Objectives
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Course Documents
Required textbook:
R. Ramakrishnan and J. Gehrke, Database Management Systems, 2 nd^ edition, McGraw Hill, 2000.
Other reference texts:
J. D. Ullman and J. Widom. A First Course in Database Systems. Prentice-Hall,1997. H. Garcia-Molina, J. D. Ullman and J. Widom. Database System Implementation. Prentice-Hall,1999. A. Silberschatz et al., Database System Concepts, 3 rd edition, McGraw Hill, 1996.
Course home page (for many things):
➠ http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~tozsu/courses/cs
Course newsgroup
➠ uw.cs.cs
Administravia
Office Hours
Prof. Özsu: T 1:30 – 3:00; R 9:00 – 9: Prof. Tompa: M 9:00-11:00; W 1:00-2: Also by appointment
Grading
CS 448 CS 648
➠ Assignments 25% 20% ➠ Midterm 35% 25% ➠ Final 40% 40% ➠ Project 15%
Announcements
➠ In class; material will also be available electronically
Collaboration
➠ Collaborate on assignments, but do not merely copy.
