Home~IS 260 Database Theory

Next Offering: Winter 2009

In this class, we will learn the techniques to build robust and reliable database systems. We will cover database design, entity relationship diagrams, SQL, normalization, and database management. We will implement our designs using Access, MySQL, and SQL Server.

Course Outline Winter 2008

Week 1: No Class

Week 2: Intro to Class, Introduction to Database Management

Week 3: Queries and Relational Algebra

Week 4: SQL

Week 5: SQL

Week 6: Miscellaneous topics

Week 7: Normalization

Week 8: Designing databases

Week 9: Designing databases

Week 10: Database Management Systems

Week 11: Database Implementations