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COURSE SYLLABUS

School of Management
The University of Texas at Dallas

Course: MIS 6326 / AIM 6337


Instructor: Young Ryu
Semester: Spring 2006
Course Start/End Date: January 9 – May 1, 2006

| Course Information | Technical Requirements | Course Access | Communications |


| Student Assessment | Scholastic Dishonesty | Course Evaluation | Course Schedule |

Course Information
Course Description

The main objective of the course is to understand relational database theories, industry
standard SQL, and database design. A conceptual/semantic data modeling with the entity-
relationship diagramming technique is also covered.

Prerequisite

Competence in personal computing (e.g., operating system/environment, word processing


software, electronic spreadsheet, personal database software, network applications such as e-
mail and World Wide Web).

Instructor Information

Instructor: Young Ryu


Office: SOM 3.426
Phone: 972-883-4065
E-Mail: ryoung@utdallas.edu
Web: www.utdallas.edu/~ryoung

Course Materials

Required textbook: Michael V. Mannino. Database Design, Application Development, and


Administration (2nd Edition). McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2004.

Textbooks and some other bookstore materials can be ordered online through MBS Direct
Virtual Bookstore or Off-Campus Books online ordering site. They are also available in stock at
UTD Bookstore and Off-Campus Books.

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Technical Requirements
In addition to a confident level of computer and Internet literacy, certain minimum technical
requirement must be met to enable a successful learning experience. Please review the
important technical requirements and the web browser configuration information.

Course Access and Navigation


This course was developed using a web course tool called WebCT. It is to be delivered entirely
online. Students will use UTD NetID account to login to the course at: http://webct.utdallas.edu.
Please see the details of course access and navigation information.

To get started with a WebCT course, please see the Getting Started: Student WebCT
Orientation.

If you have any problems with your UTD account or any problem with the UTD WebCT server,
you may email to: assist@utdallas.edu or call the UTD Computer Helpdesk at: 972-883-2911. If
you encounter any technical difficulties within the course site, please send an email to
gmbasupport@utdallas.edu.

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Communications
WebCT course has built-in communication tools which will be used for course interactions and
communications. Some external communication tools such as regular email and web
conferencing tool may also be used during the semester. Please see more details about
communication tool information.

Interaction with Instructor: Instructor will communicate with students mainly using the
Discussion board. Students may send personal concerns or questions to me using the course
Email tool. Instructor will reply to student emails or Discussion board messages within 3 working
days under normal circumstances.

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Student Assessments
Grading Information

Assignments: 30%
Final Exam: 70%

Letter grading policy will be as follows:


• A: 90% or higher
• B: 75% or higher
• C: 60% or higher
• F: lower than 60%
Students can check your grades by accessing the “My Grade” icon on the Student Tools page
after the grade for each assessment task is released.

Assignments

There will be 5 assignments: one on relational data model (Ch. 2), two on SQL (Chs. 3 and 9),
and two on entity relationship data model (Chs. 5, 6, and 12). Each assignment will cover 6%
of the final grade. Please see the Assignments icon on course Home page and find
assignment details in the attached assignment file(s) under each assignment link.

Assignment submission instructions: You will submit your assignments (in the plain text
format, the MS Word format, or the Acrobat format, with a simple file name and a file extension,
no space or special characters) by using the Assignment Dropbox tool on the course site.
Please see the Assignments icon on the designated page. You can click each assignment name
link and follow the on-screen instructions to upload and submit your file(s). Please refer to the
Help menu or the WebCT Student Guide for more information on using this tool. Please note:
each assignment link can only be used once and will be deactivated after the assignment due
time. After your submission is graded, you may click each assignment’s “Graded” link to check
the results and feedback.

Final Examination

The comprehensive final exam is covers all chapters and materials studied during the whole
semester. It is a closed book exam, which include multiple-choice/true-false, short essay, SQL
script composition, entity-relationship diagramming, and problem-solving questions.

The on-campus class exam session is scheduled on Friday April 21 at 6:30PM – 9:00PM
under the supervision of the instructor. Room information will be announced later on the course
discussion board.

Students who are not able to attend this exam session with the instructor can arrange an
individually proctored exam with a testing service of their choice at a date within this required
exam time window: Thursday April 20 – Monday April 24. For local students, testing services
are available at the UTD Learning Resources Center. Students who find UTD geographically
inconvenient may use a preapproved testing service at a convenient location. All individually
arranged proctored exams must be completed within the stated exam time window. Student
using either the UTD testing service at the Learning Resources Center or an outside testing
service must inform the instructor, as well as the Global MBA Online office
(gmbasupport@utdallas.edu). A proctored exam form must be completed and sent back to the
GMBA Office by Friday March 24, 2006. Please go to the Proctored Exam Information page to
download the Proctored Exam Form and find all the detailed information and procedures on
arranging a proctored exam. All completed exams must be received by 10:00AM on Thursday
April 27 to allow timely grade reporting to UTD Registrar.

The GMBA Office requests all students who need to use testing services strictly follow the
proctored exam scheduling deadlines. If any student fails to submit the exam form on time, the
student will be required to come to campus and attend the scheduled class exam session (or
seek instructor’s approval for any special arrangements).

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Scholastic Dishonesty
The University has policies and discipline procedures regarding scholastic dishonesty. Detailed
information is available on the Scholastic Dishonesty web page. All students are expected to
maintain a high level of responsibility with respect to academic honesty. Students who violate
University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the
possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the University. Since such dishonesty
harms the individual, all students and the integrity of the University, policies on scholastic
dishonesty will be strictly enforced.

Course Evaluation
As required by UTD academic regulations, every student must complete an evaluation for each
enrolled course at the end of the semester. An online instructional assessment form will be
made available for your confidential use. Please look for the course evaluation link on the
course Homepage towards the end of the course.

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Course Outline/Schedule

WEEK STARTING TOPIC READING ASSIGNMENT /


DATE ACTIVITY
1 1/9/06 Course Access and Self-
Orientation Ch. 1
Introduction to Database
2 1/17 Relational Data Model Ch. 2
3 1/23 SQL Ch. 3 Assign 1 due (1/28)
4 1/30 SQL Ch. 3
5 2/6 Advanced SQL Ch. 9 Assign 2 due (2/11)
6 2/13 Advanced SQL Ch. 9
7 2/20 Advanced SQL Ch. 9
8 2/27 View Ch. 10 Assign 3 due (3/4)
3/6 Spring Break
9 3/13 Entity Relationship Data Model Ch. 5
10 3/20 Entity Relationship Data Model Ch. 6
11 3/27 View Design and Integration Ch. 12 Assign 4 due (4/1)
12 4/3 Normalization Ch. 7
13 4/10 Normalization Ch. 7 Assign 5 due (4/15)
14 4/17 Database Administration Ch. 14
Transaction Management Ch. 15
15 Final Exam On-campus classroom exam
session: 6:30PM – 9:00PM on
April 21. Individually proctored
exam: April 20 – April 24.
(Proctored exam form submission
due: Friday March 24, 2006.) All
exams must be received by
10:00AM April 27.

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