• Professor: Carlotta Domeniconi, Rm 4424 ENG, carlotta\AT\cs.gmu.edu, Office hours: TR 10:30am-11:30am, or by appointment

• Teaching Assistant: Yuan Li, Rm 4456 ENG, ylif\AT\gmu.edu, Office hours: M 5:00-7:00pm

• Prerequisites: INFS 501, INFS 515, INFS 519, SWE 510. Specifically: good background in discrete mathematics
  (e.g., mathematical logic, set theory, relations and functions); programming (good knowledge of Java), data structure and algorithms, computer architecture and operating systems.
  NOTE: PREREQUISITES ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

• Textbooks:
  R. Ramakrishnan and J. Gehrke, Database Management Systems, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003. (Required)
  R. Sunderraman, Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer, Addison Wesley, 2004. (Recommended)

• Course Description:
  Introductory course in databases.
  Topics covered include: Entity-Relationship model, Relational model, Relational Algebra, SQL, Theory of database design.

• Course Format: Lectures by the instructor. Grading will be based on homework assignments, a midterm exam, a final exam, and a project.
  All work in this course must be done on an individual basis. This includes tests, homework assignments, and project.
  Any deviation from this policy will be considered a violation of the GMU Honor Code.

Schedule of Classes