Course
BA 4321 Database FundamentalsAIM 3321 Managing Financial DataSection 501
Professor
Radha Mookerjee
Term
Fall 2011
Professor’s Contact Information
Office Phone
972-883-2415
Office Location
SOM 3.209
Email Address
Use eLearning for all written communication regarding the course
Office Hours
Thurs 4:00
–
6:00
Teaching Assistant’s Contact Information
Name
TBA
Office PhoneOffice LocationEmail AddressOffice HoursOther Information
The TA will be available to answer all questions regarding homework assignments
General Course Information
Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, & otherrestrictions
BA 3351 and MATH 1325 for students who have registered for BA 4321AIM 2301, AIM 2302 and MATH 1325 for students who have registeredfor AIM 3321
Course Description
This class is designed to introduce students to basic conceptsand techniques in the theory, design, implementation andadministration of relational databases. Topics to be coveredinclude, the database design process, the entity-relationship(ER) model, normalization, queries in SQL, distributed andclient-server databases, and database administration
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will be able to explain the process of determining an
organization’s data needs and how to design database management
systems to meet these needs.2. Students will be able to create, read and modify entity relationshipdiagrams from an organ
ization’s business rules.
3. Students will be able to create, read and modify relational schemasand create working databases in MS Access.4. Students will be able to apply Structured Query Language to create,access, and manage databases.
Required Texts &Materials
The text for the course is
Modern Database Management
by
McFadden, Hoffer and Prescott
. Tenth Edition, Prentice Hall.
Suggested Texts,Readings, &Materials
Lecture notes will be posted on the course eLearning site.
You will need Microsoft Visio or some other drawing software forthe assignments.
The following is a tentative schedule, which I will try to follow as closely as possible. Should any changesbecome necessary, I will announce it in class as well as post it on WebCT. It is YOUR responsibility tocheck for changes at least once a week. I will not be held responsible if you miss any announcementsregarding changes to schedule and/or deadlines.
Topic Readings
08/25/2011 Introduction and Entity-Relationship Model Chapter 309/01/2011 Entity-Relationship Model09/08/2011 Enhanced Entity-Relationship Model Chapter 4
09/11/2011
Names of group members due
09/15/2011 Enhanced Entity-Relationship Model
09/18/2011
Homework I Due
09/22/2011 Exam I Chapters 3, 4
09/29/2011 Logical Database Design Chapter 510/06/2011 Logical Database Design10/13/2011 Structured Query Language Chapter 710/20/2011 Advanced Structured Query Language Chapter 810/27/2011 Structured Query Language
In Lab
10/30/2011 Homework II Due
11/03/2011
Exam II
Chapters 5, 7, 8
11/10/2011 Data Warehouse Chapter 1111/17/2011 Building Database Applications
In Lab
12/01/2011 Building Database Applications
In Lab
12/04/2011
Homework III Due
12/10/2011
Exam III Chapters 3, 4, 5,7,8,11
Homework andother DueDatesAll assignments are group assignmentsStudents can work in groups of no morethan 3 students per group. You MUSTsubmit the names of your groupmembers no later than the 09/11/2011.ALL assignments MUST include thenames of ALL group members.HW I due on 09/18/2011HW II due on 10/30/2011HW III due on 12/04/2011Exams Exam I on 09/22/2011Exam II on 11/03/2011Exam III on 12/10/2011Note
The label '
In Lab
' signifies that on these daysthe lecture will be held in the computer labinstead of the regular classroom. I willprovide details as the semester progresses.
Course Policies
Grading (credit)Criteria
Exam I
25%
Exam II
25%
Exam III
25%
Homework 25%
Total 100%The following cut offs will be used to assign the final grade.
Range
Grade
Range
Grade
97 - 100
A+
92 - 96
A87 - 91
A-
82 - 86
B+
77 - 81
B
72 - 76
B-
68 - 71
C+
64 - 67
C
60 - 63
C-
57 - 59
D+
54 - 56
D
50 - 53
D-
< 50
F
Make-up Exams
No make-up tests will be offered except on medical grounds. Youwill be required to provide necessary documentation.
Late Work
All assignments are to be submitted via WebCT. The deadline forsubmitting an assignment is 11:00 pm on the due date. Latesubmissions can be submitted via eLearning upto 24 hours after thedeadline. Assignments submitted within 24 hours after the duedate/time will be subject to a 25% penalty. No late submissions willbe accepted 24 hours after the deadline.
Class Attendance
No points are awarded for attendance. However, students areexpected to attend all classes and to read the assigned material. Itis also the students' responsibility to keep abreast of anyannouncements made in class. I will post information aboutsignificant changes, if any, to the syllabus. This is only to be usedas a supplement, and not as a substitute, to announcements madein class. I will monitor attendance in class and will provide noadditional help to students who regularly skip lectures.
Student Conductand Discipline
The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas haverules and regulations for the orderly and efficient conduct of their business. Itis the responsibility of each student and each student organization to beknowledgeable about the rules and regulations which govern student conductand activities.The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within theprocedures of recognized and established due process. Procedures aredefined and described in the
Rules and Regulations
of the Board of Regentsof the University of Texas System,
Part 1, Chapter VI, Section 3
, and in TitleV,
Rules on Student Services and Activities of the Course Syllabus Page 8,
University’s
Handbook of Operating Procedures
. Copies of these rules andregulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students,where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting the rulesand regulations (SSB 4.400, 972/883- 6391).A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes theresponsibilities of citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal, state,
and local laws as well as the Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and
administrative rules. Students are subject to discipline for violating thestandards of conduct whether such conduct takes place on or off campus, orwhether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such conduct.
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