Instructor: David Toman (david@uwaterloo.ca) Office: DC 3128 (Tue 2-3pm or by appointment) Lectures: Tue-Thu 8:30-10 am MC 4061 Class Info: http://db.uwaterloo.ca/~david/cs338 TA's: Hashemian, Seyyed Vahid svhashemian@uwaterloo.ca MC4019F 12:00-1:00 Mon Kaastra, Mike mdmkaastra@uwaterloo.ca DC3324 2:00-3:00 Thu Zhang, Jie (Jane) j23zhang@uwaterloo.ca MC4024 11:00-12:00 Wed
Required: | Fundamentals of Database Systems (3rd or 4th ed.) Elmasri and Navathe, Addison Wesley. |
References: | Database and Knowledge-Base Systems I., II. Jeff Ullman. Comp. Sci. Press, 1988. |
Database Management Systems. Raghu Ramakrishnan. McGraw Hill, 1997. | |
Foundations of Databases. S. Abiteboul, R. Hull, V. Vianu, Addison-Wesley, 1995. |
The lectures do not follow the textbook to the letter.
Assignments | Midterm | Final Exam | |
CS 338: | 20% | 35% | 45% |
To pass the course, you must pass the final examination.