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Course Outlines

Fall 2024 - CMPT 454 E100

Database Systems II (3)

Class Number: 6298

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 300 and 354, with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An advanced course on database systems which covers crash recovery, concurrency control, transaction processing, distributed database systems as the core material and a set of selected topics based on the new developments and research interests, such as object-oriented data models and systems, extended relational systems, deductive database systems, and security and integrity.

COURSE DETAILS:

Topics:

–I/O cost metric and scalability for large data
–Data storage, organization, and indexing
–Evaluation of relational operators and SQL queries
–Transaction management and concurrency control
–Recovery from system crash

Grading

NOTES:

Grading:

  • In-class quizzes (15%),
  • 3 assignments (20%),
  • Midterm (30%),
  • Final (35%).

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Database Management Systems, Raghu Ramakrishnan/Johannes Gehrke, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill. Answers to odd numbered questions available on internet
ISBN: 9780072465631

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.