1. CSCE 4523/5523
Database Management Systems
Fall 2019

2. Overview Class hour 12:30 – 1:45pm, Tuesday & Thursday, Bell 2282
Office hour 2:00 – 4:00pm, Tuesday
Instructor - Dr. Xintao Wu –
Office – JBHT 516
Webpage
Textbook
Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke. Database Management Systems(3rd) McGraw Hill, 2002
Online information,
Lecture slides
Solutions to odd-numbered exercises
Minibase software

3. TA Information Saranya Balasubramanian Email sb074@email.uark.edu
Office hour 1-2pm M/W/F
JBHT 434

4. Topic Description
Concept design, ER model, relational model, SQL, normal forms
DB programming and JDBC
Database architecture, storage structure, indexing, physical database design and tuning
Transaction management
Database security
Advanced topics 3

5. Course Prerequisite CSCE 3193 or CSCE 3193H with a C or better
Familiarity with programming with Java or C++ is assumed 3

6. Grading Composition Scale Homework and quiz 10% Project 30%
Midterm %
Final %
Scale
>=90% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
60-69% = D
<60% or cheating = F 3

7. Project reports Late policy: Must be word or pdf format.
No acceptable.
Must be word or pdf format.
Electronic submission accepted. 3

8. Project Develop an information system using MySQL. More information
Each group consists 3-4 students
4-6 hours workload each week is expected
More information 3

9. Midterm & Final Open books/notes/laptop/internet Cumulative No makeup
No discussion
No help from others
Cumulative
No makeup
Class attendance is not required
Bonus is expected 3