CIS 8140
Database Management Systems

The following is a tentative list of topics to be covered in the course. Note that this list is subject to changes.

Week	Date	Topic	Assignment	Readings	Milestones
1	Jan 10-11	Intro to Course and syllabus
2	Jan 17-18	Database fundamentals		CB: Chp. 1,2, Apx A EN: Chp. 1,2.	0. Teams Form
3	Jan 24-25	Relational Model and Data modeling		CB: Chp. 3.1-3.3, 5 EN: Chp. 3, 7.1-7.3
4	Jan 31-Feb 1	Data modeling and Normalization		CB: Chp. 5,6,7,10,11 EN: Chp. 3,4,9,14	1. Project Proposal
5	Feb 7-8	SQL	Asmt. 1	CB: Chp. 13,14 EN: Chp. 8.
6	Feb 14-15 Meets in CS-305	SQL Lab practice creates practice inserts practice queries Solutions ML: Oracle		unix tutorial sqlplus intro sql account setup	2a. Conceptual Model
7	Feb 21-22	Mid-term ML: Midterm discussion
8	Feb 28-Mar 1	Relational Query Languages		CB: Chp. 3 EN: Chp. 7
8	Mar-2	Last day for withdrawing without penalty
9	Mar 5-11	Spring Break
10	Mar 14-15 meets in CS-305	Advanced SQL Lab			2b. Schema
11	Mar 21-22	Database Administration ML: Data Mining	Asmt. 2	CB: Chp. 16,18,25,26 EN: Chp. 18,21,22,26
12	Mar 28-29	Transaction Management ML: O-O databases		CB: Chp. 17,21,22,23 EN: Chp. 11,12,19,20
13	Apr 4-5	XML and databases		CB: Chp. 24 EN: Chp. 27
14	Apr 11-12	Guided Discussion 1 Topic TBA	Asmt. 3.
15	Apr 18-19	Guided Discussion 2 Topics TBA
16	Apr 25-26	Project open house			3. Implementation
17	May 2-8		Final Exam