Important dates

NOTE: The dates for the classes are tentative, and subject to change anytime by the instructor. Please finish the reading assignment before the class due date. All assignments/projects are due at the beginning of the class on the date they are due i.e. at 8.30 am CST. If changes in the schedule are necessary, students will be held responsible for such changes, which will be announced in class. All Chapters relate to the text outlined in the home page.

Week | Day | Date | Topic | Reading Assignments Due before the class
1 | Mon | 2002-01-14 | Introduction/Overview/Syllabus |
1 | Thu | 2002-01-17 | Last day of the official add/drop period; after this date, changes in registration require the approval of the chairman and usually the student's dean. (See General Information, chapter 4, for required approvals.) Last day undergraduate students may register without the approval of the registrar. Last day graduate students may register and pay fees without the approval of the graduate dean. |
1 | Fri | 2002-01-18 | Chapter 1: File Systems and Databases | Chapter 1
2 | Mon | 2002-01-21 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday Elements Lab closed |
2 | Fri | 2002-01-25 | Chapter 2: The Relational Database Model | Chapter 2
3 | Mon | 2002-01-28 | Chapter 2: The Relational Database Model |
3 | Wed | 2002-01-30 | Twelfth class day; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken. Last day an undergraduate student may add a course except for rare and extenuating circumstances. Payment for added courses (add bill) due. Last day to drop a course for a possible refund. (See General Information, chapter 4, for required approvals.) |
3 | Fri | 2002-02-01 | Chapter 3: Entity Relationship (E-R) Modeling | Chapter 3
4 | Mon | 2002-02-04 | Chapter 4: Normalization of Database Tables | Chapter 4
4 | Thu | 2002-02-07 | Lab 1 Assigned |
4 | Fri | 2002-02-08 | Chapter 5: SQL | Chapter 5
5 | Mon | 2002-02-11 | Chapter 5: SQL Lab 2 Assigned |
5 | Mon | 2002-02-11 | #### Last day to drop a course without a possible academic penalty. (See General Information, chapter 4, for required approvals.) |
5 | Fri | 2002-02-15 | Chapter 5: SQL Lab 1 Due |
6 | Mon | 2002-02-18 | Test 1 | All materials in course upto Test 1 from the beginning of the course
6 | Fri | 2002-02-22 | SQL Server Connectivity through Java Group Project Topic/Team Due Lab 2 Due |
7 | Mon | 2002-02-25 | Stored Procedures, Triggers, and Views Group Project Discussions |
7 | Fri | 2002-03-01 | Stored Procedures, Triggers, and Views Group Project Proposal Due |
8 | Mon | 2002-03-04 | SQL Server Import facility Lab 3 assigned |
8 | Fri | 2002-03-08 | SQL Server User Security Group Project Logical Model Due (midnight) |
9 | Mon | 2002-03-11 | Spring Break Elements Lab closed during this whole week. |
9 | Fri | 2002-03-15 | Spring Break Elements Lab closed during this whole week. |
10 | Mon | 2002-03-18 | Chapter 13: The Data Warehouse | Chapter 13
10 | Fri | 2002-03-22 | Chapter 13: The Data Warehouse |
11 | Mon | 2002-03-25 | Test 2 | All materials in course upto Test 2 from the beginning of the course
11 | Mon | 2002-03-25 | Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean's approval, withdraw from the University or drop a course except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons. Last day a student may change registration in a course to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis. Last day to apply for an undergraduate degree. Last day an undergraduate student or a law student may register in absentia. |
11 | Wed | 2002-03-27 | #### Lab 3 Due |
11 | Fri | 2002-03-29 | #### Chapter 6: Database Design | Chapter 6
12 | Mon | 2002-04-01 | Chapter 6: Database Design Group Project DDL Due |
12 | Tue | 2002-04-02 | Lab 4 and 5 assigned |
12 | Fri | 2002-04-05 | Chapter 7: The University Lab: Conceptual Design | Chapter 7
13 | Mon | 2002-04-08 | Chapter 8: The University Lab: Conceptual Design Verification, Logical Design, and Implementation | Chapter 8
13 | Fri | 2002-04-12 | Chapter 8: The University Lab: Conceptual Design Verification, Logical Design, and Implementation |
14 | Mon | 2002-04-15 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 9
14 | Tue | 2002-04-16 | ##### Lab 4 and 5 due |
14 | Fri | 2002-04-19 | Backup Day/ New Database Technologies-XML/Project Review, Q&A Group Project PowerPoint presentation Due by email by 5.00pm Group Project Intra-Team Grades Due by email by 5.00pm | Attendance is required
15 | Mon | 2002-04-22 | Group Project Presentation I (15 min. each group) Group Project Final Report due (Bound and electronic version) for all groups | Attendance is required
15 | Fri | 2002-04-26 | Group Project Presentation II Demo I (15 min. each group) (10.15 am – 11.30 am in PAI 5.38) | Attendance is required
16 | Mon | 2002-04-29 | Group Project Presentation III | Attendance is required
16 | Fri | 2002-05-03 | Demo II (8.45 am – 11.30 am in PAI 5.38) | Attendance is required

Consult the registrar’s office for other relevant dates.

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