1. 1 CS4416 Database Systems CS5122 Development of IS 2 Nikola S. Nikolov E-mail: nikola.nikolov@ul.ie Tutorials & Labs commence week 3

2. 2 Module Materials uTextbook: J. D. Ullman and J. Widom, A First Course in Database Systems, 3 rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2008 uModule website http://www.csis.ul.ie/coursemodule/CS4416 http://www.csis.ul.ie/coursemodule/CS4416 uOnline materials http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/fcdb.html http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/fcdb.html

3. 3 Assessment Instruments uMidterm (week 7): 15% uProject: 20% (groups of 3) wSpecifications will be announced in week 6 wDeadline: week 11 w-5% penalty for late submissions wNo submissions will be accepted after the final exam uFinal exam: 65% uRepeat Exam: 80% + marks from the project

4. 4 Grading Scheme Mark GradeQCA 80A14.00 72A23.60 64B13.20 60B23.00 56B32.80 52C12.60 48C22.40 40C32.00 35D11.60 30D21.20 <30 F0.00