Tentative Schedule


Week

Class Topic   Due   Where
0 0. Computer Career and Data Research & Technologies    
  0.1 A computer career    
  0.2 Data research    
  0.3 Data technologies    
1 08/22
08/24		 1. Introduction to DATA 520    
  1.1 Course outline  
  1.2 Introduction to databases    
  1.3 Software to be used    
2 08/29
08/31		 2. Programming Exercise I    
  2.1 Specifications    
  2.2 A sample website    
  2.3 Construction steps    
08/30  Last day to add a course or drop without record
 Last day to add audit or change to/from audit
 Last day to receive a refund on a dropped class
 Drops after the last day to add will appear on a transcript. 		   
3 09/05
09/07		 3. Internet-Enabled Database Construction    
  3.1 User interfaces    
  3.2 Functional modules    
  3.3 Databases    
4 09/12
09/14		 4. Essential Technologies for Exercise Construction    
  4.1 Client-server architecture    
  4.2 CGI (Common Gateway Interface)    
  4.3 Oracle databases    
5 09/19
09/21		 5. HTML (HyperText Markup Language)    
  5.1 Introduction to HTML    
  5.2 HTML tags    
  5.3 HTML input forms    
6 09/26
09/28		 6. Web-JDBC Programming    
  6.1 GET and POST methods    
  6.2 CGI forms and input fields    
  6.3 CGI radio buttons and checkboxes    
7 10/05 7. Web-JDBC Programming (Cont.)    
  7.1 Database connection EX I  
  7.2 Query execution    
  7.3 Processing the result sets    
10/03
Exam I (for both on-campus and on-line students; 06:30pm – 08:30pm, Tuesday)
   
8 10/10
10/12		 8. Relational Model and Algebra    
  8.1 Relational tables    
  8.2 Relational rules    
  8.3 Relational algebra    
9 10/17
10/19		 9. SQL Query Language    
  9.1 Introduction to SQL    
  9.2 Data definition commands    
  9.3 Data manipulation commands    
10 10/24
10/26		 10. Database Design    
  10.1 Basic modeling concepts    
  10.2 Entity-relationship (E-R) model    
  10.3 Transformation rules    
11 10/31
11/02		 11. Android Mobile Operating System    
  11.1 Programming Exercise III    
  11.2 Downloading and installing Android Studio    
  11.3 Android programming    
12 11/07
11/09		 12. An Android Hello-World Project    
  12.1 Manifest file EX II  
  12.2 Layout XML code    
  12.3 Java source code    
11/09  Last day to change to or from S/U grading
 Last day to change to or from audit grading
 Last day to drop a full-term course or withdraw from school 		   
13 11/16 13. Android User Interface Processing    
  13.1 Hypertext    
  13.2 Radio buttons    
  13.3 Checkboxes    
11/14
Exam II (for both on-campus and on-line students; 06:30pm – 08:30pm, Tuesday)
   
14 11/21 14. Android Server Connection    
  14.1 Android URL connection    
  14.2 Java source code    
  14.3 Server-side scripts    
11/22
11/23
11/24
Thanksgiving Break (WeThFr) — no classes
   
15 11/28
11/30		 15. SQL Query Language (Cont.)    
  15.1 Advanced data manipulation commands    
  15.2 SQL examples    
  15.3 Power of SQL    
16 12/05
12/07		 16. Database Design (Cont.)    
  16.1 Normalization    
  16.2 Normal forms    
  16.3 A case study EX III  
17 12/12
Final exam (for both on-campus and on-line students; 06:30pm – 08:30pm, Tuesday)
 
18 12/19 Grades posted before noon, Tuesday    





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