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OTTERBEIN COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES C SC 230 DATA REPRESENTATION, ORGANIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT Spring 2001 |
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| Class | MWF 0200PM-0250PM Towers 115 TR 0130PM-0300PM Towers 127 (lab) |
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| Instructor | Dr. Duane Buck | |
| Office | Towers 132 | |
| Office Hours | TR 0930-1200PM, or by appointment | |
| DBuck@otterbein.edu | ||
| Phone | 823-1793 | |
| Home Phone | 263-3201 (After 9 a.m. and before 9 p.m., please) | |
| Description | Information representation and management from the hardware level to the conceptual level. Memory organization and input/output issues are presented (from the hardware level through the perceived user-interface). The topics of knowledge representation and file systems are discussed. With laboratory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites | C SC 200 or C SC 205. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Text | Database Management Systems (2nd edition), Raghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke. McGraw-Hill 2000. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | The topic of this course is "persistent storage," that is, storage that survives the execution of a program to be used in another execution. This kind of storage is a big reason computers are useful, but a lot of new problems arise. Students will explore a wide scope of topics that deal with this area, widely know as database processing. The student will come away an appreciation of the breath of the field and also some experience with specific systems. Specific chapters we will cover from our textbook are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 (mostly replaced by handouts), 11.1, 15, 18, and 22. We will cover about one chapter a week, which will work out to average about 15-20 pages per class meeting. Other readings may also be assigned. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labs | We will do lab exercises, utilizing, but not limited to, Access, SQL, Java JDBC programming, Java Server Pages, and XML. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participation | We pose and solve problems in a social context. Therefore, we need each other. This need is the reason we have classroom sessions. Attendance is required. Each student is expected to participate in the class discussions throughout the quarter. To this end, all assigned readings for each week should be completed before the class period in which they are discussed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grading |
The following tables are representative of the method
used to determine grades.
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| Exams | Midterm exam dates will be announced in class. The final exam is scheduled for Monday, June 4, 1:30 - 3:30PM. It will be comprehensive. If you can't make an exam, let me know in advance so we can make arrangements. Makeup's will be given only in exceptional circumstances. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Academic Misconduct Policy |
All members of the Otterbein College community of
learners are expected to follow the rules and customs of proper
academic conduct. Proper conduct includes avoiding academic
misconduct as defined in the Campus
Life Handbook (see Plagiarism, Cheating and Dishonesty, page
61). Students are encouraged to help each other learn the course
material. Unless specifically prohibited, you may discuss
homework problems and lab exercises with one another.
Participants in these discussions usually enjoy the benefit of
deeper and greater learning. However, all work submitted for
evaluation that is based on discussions with others must be your
own work; created by your own hand, while thinking it
through.
Any work submitted for evaluation that includes work done by another, copying of another's work, or the result of following another's step-by-step keystrokes and mouse clicks, is a case of academic misconduct. When academic misconduct is found in any assignment or examination you submit, you will receive a zero grade for that assignment or exam. The misconduct will also be reported to the Office of the Academic Dean. If a previous academic misconduct offense is on your record, you will receive a grade of F for this course and a referral to the judicial system. |