CS 427 -  Introduction to Database Systems
Spring 2011
Course Information

• 4/25/11:
• Lab10 due tonight at 11:59pm
  
• 4/15/11:
• Final Presentations next week
  
• Final Project due 4/20/11 at 1:00pm
  
• 4/4/11:
• Lab7 & Lab8 due 4/5/11 at 11:59pm
  
• 3/25/11:
• Lab6 due tonight at 11:59pm
• HW3 due tonight at 11:59pm
• 3/14/11:
• Lab5b due tonight at 11:59pm
  
• 3/2/11:
• Project Part 2 due 3/4/11 at 1:00pm
• Lab5, Lab5b due 3/4/11 at 11:59pm
  
• 2/22/11:
• HW2 due 2/28/11 at 11:59pm
  
• 2/7/11:
• Lab3 due 2/18/11 at 11:59pm
  
• 1/24/11:
• Project Part 1 out
  
• 1/21/11:
• Lab1 due tonight at 11:59pm
  
• 1/14/11:
• HW1-Part1 posted
  
• 1/10/11:
  • Course Information Sheet has been posted.
    

• http://csci.lakeforest.edu/~das/cs427/index.html: This is the primary course webpage. This site will be frequently updated with course announcements. It will also contain course information and materials. You are responsible for regularly checking this site to stay updated on course announcements.
• moodle.lakeforest.edu:  This site will be used for assignment submission and posting solutions.

This course is an introduction to database systems. It will focus on the design and implementation of database systems. We will study the entity-relationship (ER) modeling approach, the relational model of database systems, and the SQL query language.

Database Management Systems, by Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke, McGrawhill, 3^rd edition, 2002.

• Written Assignments: Assignments must be completed individually. Please type your solutions, staple all homework sheets together, and include your name on top of the first page. Submit at the beginning of class on the due date. Assignments not submitted within the first 5 minutes of class are considered late and the lateness point deduction policy will be applied.
• Lab Assignments: Short exercises will be assigned during class. Students will work on these assignments during class hours and for homework if extra time is necessary.
• Final Project: The final project will involve building a usable database system. Students will work in groups of two members. The final project requirements include designing, modeling, implementing, and testing the database, and presenting the database to the class.

Lateness Policy: A strict lateness policy will be enforced. Late assignments (homework and lab) will be accepted only if a formal extension is requested and granted before the due date (or with an accompanying doctor's note). Otherwise, each late day will result in a 10% point deduction. There will be no exceptions to this rule.   

Academic Honesty Policy: Any form of plagiarism, including copying other’s code, is considered a violation of academic honesty and will be heavily penalized. Any assignment that shows signs of plagiarism will be investigated and reported if necessary. Please note that there are several programs that allow us to easily check whether an electronic document has been copied, so detecting plagiarism will not be difficult.

Exams:
Exams are cumulative. Tentative exam schedule:

Midterm: Wednesday, March 2^nd, 2011
Final: Monday, May 2^nd, 2011, 8:30am - 11:30am, 117 Young Hall