CS 437/537 Database Systems, Fall 2009
- Course Description:
- An introduction to database systems. Data modeling.
The relational model and the SQL query language. Relational database
design, integrity constraints, functional dependencies, and normal
forms. Object-oriented databases. Implementation of databases:
file structures, indexing, query processing, transactions, concurrency
control, recovery systems, and security.
- Lectures:
- Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30-3:45 PM,
- AKW, Room 200
- Instructor:
- Avi Silberschatz
- Office: 214 AKW
- Office hours: By appointment
- Email:
- Teaching Assistant:
- Azza Abouzeid
- Office: 205 AKW
- Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30-2:30 PM, or by appointment
- Email:
- Grading:
- 30% Homework assignments
- 30% Midterm exam (TBD)
- 40% Final exam (TBD)
Database System Concepts
, Fifth Edition
- Avi Silberschatz
- Henry F. Korth
- S. Sudarshan
McGraw-Hill
ISBN 0-07-295886-3