Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2025 - CMPT 354 D100

Database Systems I (3)

Class Number: 3797

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 225 and (MACM 101 or (ENSC 251 and ENSC 252)), all with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Logical representations of data records. Data models. Studies of some popular file and database systems. Document retrieval. Other related issues such as database administration, data dictionary and security.

COURSE DETAILS:

The global database market has over 50 billion U.S. dollars in size. Millions of web/mobile applications are using database systems to manage their data. SQL has become a prerequisite skill for being a data scientist or a data engineer. Now is the most exciting time to learn database systems. In this first database course, we will teach you how to use database systems, with a short introduction to the internals of database systems. After this course, you should be able to master essential skills to query a relational database or a NoSQL database, design a database for applications, and have a basic understanding of how database systems work.

Topics

  • Database History
  • Data Model
  • Relational Algebra
  • SQL
  • Storage and Indexing
  • Database Design
  • Query Processing
  • Transaction Processing
  • NoSQL given time

Grading

NOTES:

WIll be discussed in the first class

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Reference Book:
Database Systems: The Complete Book, Second Edition, Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom, Prentice Hall, 2008, 9780131873254

RECOMMENDED READING:

Database Management Systems, Third Edition., Raghu Ramakrishnan/Johannes Gehrke, McGraw Hill, 2002

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

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

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.