Overview

This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of database technology, from the perspective of the database end user, database designer, and database administrator.

Intended Audience: CS major students.
Prerequisites: SE 240 or CS 240; CS students only.
Antirequisites: CS 338, CS 448, ECE 456.
Successor courses: CS 448 - Database Systems Implementation

Text Book

• Database Management Systems (3rd Edition). Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke. McGraw Hill, 2000. (Required)
  • On reserve in the DC library. Call number UWD 1624.

  • Home page for the book, including slides and other supporting material.

Other References

• A First Course in Database Systems (2nd Edition). Jeffrey D. Ullman and Jennifer Widom. Prentice Hall, 2002.
• Database Systems Concepts (5th Edition). Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, and S. Sudarshan. McGraw Hill, 2005.
• Foundations of Databases. Serge Abiteboul, Richard Hull, and Victor Vianu. Addison Wesley, 1994.

Evaluation

• Assignments: 20%
• Group Project: 20%
• Midterm Exam: 20%
• Final Exam: 40%

Academic Honesty

Please review and make sure you follow the University of Waterloo Policy on Academic Honesty.

Please be aware that plagiarism applies to problem solutions and code. The penalty for plagiarism will be:
First offence: -100% for that part of the course and reporting to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Second offence: Referral to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies