CS360
– Databases – Spring 2008
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Instructor: |
Pete Nordquist |
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Phone: |
552-6148 |
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E-mail: |
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Office: |
CS215 |
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Office Hours: |
Afternoon is better than
morning. If the door is open and I’m
there, come on in. Making an
appointment by email is a good strategy.
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Website: |
The web site contains lab
assignments, class notes, demos, and other useful information.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Lecture) 10 - 11
Thursday (Lab) 10
– 11
I will be working to fix the scheduled meeting place.
Prentice
Hall, 2008.
ISBN-13:
978-0-13-198625-1 (ISBN-10:
0-13-198625-2)
Introduces the concepts
necessary for designing and implementing database systems. Emphasizes data
modeling, normalization, and SQL, using MS Access, MySQL, and Oracle.
Tentative Course Schedule
– schedule.htm
Course Grading
There will be four exams
during the term. Your lowest exam score
will be thrown out. Make-up exams will
not be given unless arrangements are made in advance, or you had a bona fide
emergency on the day of the exam. Your
exam scores are worth 40% of your total grade.
There will be one lab assignment given at the
beginning of each week. Lab assignments
are due by 11:59PM on the date specified on the assignment page. Lab scores are worth 35% of your total
grade. Your labs will be graded by
running and testing the code you submit.
Labs that do not compile will receive 0%. Labs that do not run will receive <=
60%. In general, lab scores will fall on
5 point boundaries, e.g.,
100
- your lab met all of the requirements.
95
- your lab failed the test for a minor requirement.
90
- your lab failed the test for a major requirement
80
- your lab failed the test for two major requirements
70
- your lab ran, but just barely
<=60
– your lab did not run
If you submit your lab after the due date,
but within a week, you will receive a 5% late fee. I.e., your lab will be graded according to
the schedule given above then 5 points will be subtracted from your earned
total. If you submit your lab more than
a week late, you will receive a 10% late fee.
There will be a
comprehensive final based on the exams and the topics covered in class. The final is worth 25% of your total grade.
Lab assignments
Unless otherwise indicated in the instructions for an
assignment, you are to work on your own. If you get stuck, you should
definitely ask for help from your colleagues, the tutors, or me. Copying answers or allowing someone to copy
from you harms the copier in the long run.
Campus-wide student rights and responsibilities can be downloaded at http://www.sou.edu/studentaffairs/SOU%20Student%20Planner%200708.pdf.
Pay careful attention to the Academic
Policies Section, on page 16.
Blackboard
This course uses blackboard for exams and
grading. The blackboard site is http://courses.sou.edu.
Email
I expect that you read your student email every business day. I
send all kinds of class announcements by email and expect that you get these
announcements. I sometimes forget to make these announcements in class,
so email is the only way you have to get this information. (See http://www.sou.edu/studentcomputing/emailsetup/options.html
for help with your student email account.)
If you find you are having trouble with a lab, get sick the day of an exam, or
anything else that you think might affect your grade, send me email explaining
the problem as soon as you can (the earlier I receive the email, the more
likely I am to be lenient). Email gives us a starting point for
discussing a solution and an official timestamp that indicates when you first
took action to solve the problem.
If you find you are not
making progress with a lab, go see one of the tutors upstairs in the main
lab. They are upper division computer
science students and are there to help students taking programming I and II. If a tutor is not available or is unable to
help you, come see me, and if I am not there, email me with a description of
the problem and your source code as soon as possible. Do not delay or hope the problem will go away
– it won’t.
Philosophy
Liberal
education involves more than the mind. It also involves developing students’
personal qualities, including a strong sense of responsibility to self and
others. Liberally educated students are curious about new intellectual
questions, open to alternative ways of viewing a situation or problem, disciplined
to follow intellectual methods to conclusions, capable of accepting criticism
from others, tolerant of ambiguity, and respectful of others with different
views. They understand and accept the imperative of academic honesty. Personal
development is a very real part of intellectual development.
(From Academic Freedom and Educational Responsibility, Association of
If
you are in need of support because of a documented disability (whether it be
learning, mobility, psychiatric, health-related, or sensory) you may be
eligible for academic or other accommodations through
Disability
Services for Students.
For
Detailed Information, call 541-552-6213 or visit the
http://www.sou.edu/access/dss/