DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING

CS 4307: Database Systems

Spring 2024 Reading
Jan 8–12 6: relational model
Jan 15–19 (MLK Day) 6: introduction to SQL
Jan 22–26 7: constraints and triggers
Jan 29–Feb 2 8: views and indexes, recursion
Feb 5–9 3: design theory
Feb 12–16 13: secondary storage management
Feb 19–23 (President’s Day) 14: index structures
Feb 26–Mar 1 15: query execution
Mar 4–8
Mar 11–15 (Spring Break)
Mar 18–22 16: the query compiler
Mar 25–29
Apr 1–5 17: coping with system failure
Apr 8–12
Apr 15–19 18: concurrency control
Apr 22–26 (Thursday last day)

All readings refer to chapters in the textbook.

Last Updated 01/30/2024