1. Fundamentals of Databases 731221
Dr. Samir Tartir
2017/2018
Second Semester

2. 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:

3. Lecturer Instructor: Dr. Samir Tartir Office: IT 303
Office Hours: STT 12-2, MW: 11:15-12:30
Website
Facebook group:

4. Lecturer Background
BSc & MSc from the University of Jordan in 1998 & 2002
PhD: From the University of Georgia (USA) in 2009.
Database Programmer:
: CCS: Jordan
: Al-Awa’el: Jordan
: Integrant: Jordan & USA
: Dar Al-Handasa: Jordan
: SIMTIX: Jordan
: Padgett: USA
Team Leader with Google
: Collecting and Transcribing Arabic voice commands
Database Technologies:
Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, Sybase, MySQL, SQLite

5. Overview Prerequisites: Textbook: 721223 (OO Programming)
Title: “Fundamentals of Database Systems”
Authors: El Masri & Navathe
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 6th edition, 2014

6. Description Introduction, Concepts and Definitions Database Models
Relational Database
E-R Diagrams
Relational Algebra
Normalization
SQL

8. Grading First exam: 20% Second exam: 20%: Class: 15%+ Lab: 5% Lab: 5%
Project: 15%
Final exam: 40%: Class: 35%+ Lab: 5%

9. Projects To be done in teams of 3 7 Project deliverables
Submitted to the following
Details on next slide

10. Project Deliverables # Description Date Points 1 Teams & Titles 11/Mar2
Requirements
25/Mar 3
ER Diagram
8/Apr 4
Schema
22/Apr 5
Tables
3/May 6
Data
17/May 7
Interface
31/May

11. 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

12. 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