Database Management
INFO 242

Dr. Geoffrey Z. Liu
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Office Hours: Email, Zoom Chat, and Zoom Meeting by appointment

Orientation: Friday, 1/27 (7:00-9:30pm PT)

Design and implementation of relational databases. Learn about database management systems (such as Oracle), database administration, and database querying with SQL.

Expectations

Students are expected to participate fully in all class activities. It is expected that students will be open-minded and participate fully in discussions in class and debate in a mature and respectful manner. Use of derogatory, condescending, or offensive language including profanity is prohibited. Disagreement is healthy and perfectly acceptable. Expressing disagreement should always include an explanation of your reasoning and, whenever possible, evidence to support your position. In accordance with San José State University's Policies, the Student Code of Conduct, and applicable state and federal laws, discrimination based on gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or disability is prohibited in any form.

Course Workload

Success in this course is based on the expectation that students will spend, for each unit of credit, a minimum of forty-five hours over the length of the course (normally 3 hours per unit per week with 1 of the hours used for lecture) for instruction or preparation/studying or course related activities including but not limited to internships, labs, clinical practica. Other course structures will have equivalent workload expectations as described in the syllabus.

Instructional time may include but is not limited to:
Working on posted modules or lessons prepared by the instructor; discussion forum interactions with the instructor and/or other students; making presentations and getting feedback from the instructor; attending office hours or other synchronous sessions with the instructor.

Student time outside of class:
In any seven-day period, a student is expected to be academically engaged through submitting an academic assignment; taking an exam or an interactive tutorial, or computer-assisted instruction; building websites, blogs, databases, social media presentations; attending a study group;contributing to an academic online discussion; writing papers; reading articles; conducting research; engaging in small group work.

Core Competencies (Program Learning Outcomes) Supported

INFO 242 supports the following core competencies:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of database models, database design, and database management systems (DBMS).
2. Design and implement a properly normalized relational database.
3. Use the Oracle DBMS with an introductory level of skill.
4. Identify management and social issues such as database security and privacy.

Textbooks

Required Textbooks:

• Coronel, C., & Morris, S. (2022). Database systems: Design, implementation, & management (14th ed.). Cengage Learning. Available through Amazon: 0357673034.

Recommended Textbooks:

• Bryla, B., & Loney, K. (2013). Oracle database 12c: The complete reference (1st ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. Available as free eBook through King Library

Assignments
Students will complete the following tasks for performance evaluation:

• Individual exercises 20% (5 points each) -- CLO#1
• Group project 60% (12 points per stage) -- CLO#2 & CLO#3
• Final exam 20% -- CLO#1 & CLO#4

The individual exercises are designed to practice concrete skills in preparation for each stage of the group project. The group project is to design and implement a relational database based on a chosen case scenario. The project is divided into five stages, each building on the product of the previous stage. The final exam is for assessing theoretical understanding of basic concepts, and a mock version will be provided one week in advance for studying and practicing.

All written work should be word-processed and free of grammatical and spelling errors. If help is needed to improve your academic writing, see the Writing Resources for Students for numerous resources and free tutoring programs.

Late work will not be accepted unless the student has previously made an arrangement with the instructor or has a legitimate reason with proper documentation in the case of unexpected hardship. PLEASE NOTE that it is students' responsibility to submit and maintain the electronic version of their works until final grades are issued.

Grading
Students' individual/group works will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Basic content as required (80%);
• Originality and creativity (10%);
• Documentation and content presentation (10%);

Letter grades may be assigned to assignments and automatically converted to proportionate points. At the end of the semester, all earned points are summated to yield a total which in turn is converted to the final grade. All conversions from letter to points and vice versa are done using the iSchool's standard conversion table as implanted in Canvas.

The standard SJSU School of Information Grading Scale is utilized for all iSchool courses:

In order to provide consistent guidelines for assessment for graduate level work in the School, these terms are applied to letter grades:

• C represents Adequate work; a grade of "C" counts for credit for the course;
• B represents Good work; a grade of "B" clearly meets the standards for graduate level work or undergraduate (for BS-ISDA);
  For core courses in the MLIS program (not MARA, Informatics, BS-ISDA) — INFO 200, INFO 202, INFO 204 — the iSchool requires that students earn a B in the course. If the grade is less than B (B- or lower) after the first attempt you will be placed on administrative probation. You must repeat the class if you wish to stay in the program. If - on the second attempt - you do not pass the class with a grade of B or better (not B- but B) you will be disqualified.
  
• A represents Exceptional work; a grade of "A" will be assigned for outstanding work only.

Graduate Students are advised that it is their responsibility to maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA). Undergraduates must maintain a 2.0 Grade Point Average (GPA).

Per University Policy S16-9 (PDF), relevant university policy concerning all courses, such as student responsibilities, academic integrity, accommodations, dropping and adding, consent for recording of class, etc. and available student services (e.g. learning assistance, counseling, and other resources) are listed on the Syllabus Information web page. Make sure to visit this page to review and be aware of these university policies and resources.

(Tentative. Final version to be provided in the Canvas class site)