Fundamentals of Databases 731221 Dr. Samir Tartir 2017/2018 Second Semester
Class Lecture Times: Room: Labs: Slides are on E-Course: MW: 11:15-12:30 Room: 401 Labs: Sun, 12:10-13:00 Slides are on E-Course: http://ecourse.philadelphia.edu.jo
Lecturer Instructor: Dr. Samir Tartir Office: IT 303 Office Hours: STT 12-2, MW: 11:15-12:30 E-mail: startir@philadelphia.edu.jo Website http://www.philadelphia.edu.jo/academics/startir Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/drsamirtartir
Lecturer Background BSc & MSc from the University of Jordan in 1998 & 2002 PhD: From the University of Georgia (USA) in 2009. Database Programmer: 1998-2000: CCS: Jordan 1999-1999: Al-Awa’el: Jordan 2000-2003: Integrant: Jordan & USA 2003-2003: Dar Al-Handasa: Jordan 2004-2004: SIMTIX: Jordan 2006-2006: Padgett: USA Team Leader with Google 2011-2016: Collecting and Transcribing Arabic voice commands Database Technologies: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, Sybase, MySQL, SQLite
Overview Prerequisites: Textbook: 721223 (OO Programming) Title: “Fundamentals of Database Systems” Authors: El Masri & Navathe Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 6th edition, 2014
Description Introduction, Concepts and Definitions Database Models Relational Database E-R Diagrams Relational Algebra Normalization SQL
Grading First exam: 20% Second exam: 20%: Class: 15%+ Lab: 5% Lab: 5% Project: 15% Final exam: 40%: Class: 35%+ Lab: 5%
Projects To be done in teams of 3 7 Project deliverables Submitted to the following email: startir.philly@gmail.com Details on next slide
Project Deliverables # Description Date Points 1 Teams & Titles 11/Mar 2 Requirements 25/Mar 3 ER Diagram 8/Apr 4 Schema 22/Apr 5 Tables 3/May 6 Data 17/May 7 Interface 31/May
Late and Cheating Policies All assignments are due by 11:59 PM 10% penalty for each late day Zero points if late by more than 5 days Proper documentation needed for health-related excuses Cheating cases handed over to academic honesty department Minimum penalty: Failing the class
Use of Electronic Devices Laptops Only for note taking or training on class material, can be asked to turn in notes. Phones/Tablets etc Must always be silent or turned off while in class First time a warning, second you’ll be asked to leave class. Only in emergencies Others Should be turned off