Timetable

Sep 2

Introduction and class overview.

Sep 4, 9, 11

Entity-Relationship modeling (chapter 2)

Sep 16, 18

The relational model and relational algebra (chapters 3,4)

Sep 23, 25, 30, Oct 2

SQL (chapter 5)

Oct 7

Security (chapter 21)

Oct 9, 14

Object-relational databases (chapter 23)

Oct 16

Midterm review

Oct 21

Midterm exam

Oct 23, 28

Storage and indexing (chapter 8)

Oct 30, Nov 6

Query evaluation (chapter 12)

Nov 11, 13

Transactions (chapter 16)

Nov 18, 20, 25

Normalization (chapter 19)

Dec 2

Physical design and tuning (chapter 20)

Dec 4

Revision.

Dec 16

Tentative final exam date.