Overview

Welcome to the web page of COMP 3005 - Database Management Systems. This course is on the databases and database management systems. We will talk about relational algebra and SQL, database design, and the internals of database management systems like storage and indexing, query processing, and query optimization.

Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:05 AM to 11:25 AM
Location: Minto Centre 2000

Office Hours

I'm holding my office hours on Tuesdays from 11:30 PM to 12:30 in HP 5433. The TAs will hold their office hours in HP 4125.

TAs

Contact Information

Herzberg Laboratories 5433
1125 Colonel By Dr
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
613-520-2600 ext. 4254
myFirstName.myLastNameWithoutHyphen@carleton.ca

There's also this anonymous feedback form, in which you can swear at me. But during the swearing spree, please give me some constructive feedback.

Grading

You'll be graded based on your assignments, project, midterm exam, and final exam. Following is the marks breakdown:

  • Assignments 20%
  • Project 20%
  • Midterm 20%
  • Final 40%

Assignments

There will be 5 assignments throughout the term. Four of the five assignments will count towards your grade. That is, the worst grade you'll get for any of the assignments will be dropped. The assignments will be posted and submitted on culearn.

Midterm

There will be a midterm exam that will take place in class on February 25th.

Final

The final exam day will be announced on February 14th. The exam day will be in the period from April 13th to April 25th. You will need to get at least 45% of the total marks of the final exam to pass this course.

Schedule

Schedule can be found on cuLearn.