CS 430 DL Database Systems	Distance Learning Section

If you are taking the Summer 2008 session of this course:

General Announcements

Textbook: Silberschatz, Korth, & Sudarshan, Database System Concepts, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill(2005), ISBN 0-07-295886-3 (hardback). (You will not need the Oracle CD-ROM.)

Check out the updated syllabus (under construction)

Please read the first chapter of the textbook,

The main part of the course is within RamCT: CS 430 DL.

You must have a CSU electonic ID (eID)

    in order to access the RamCT pages.

Go here for further instructions on obtaining a CSU eID (or eName).

    You must also be formally registered in the course.

Go here for further instructions on accessing RamCT.

Caution: Make sure to logout from RamCT

    when finished with a RamCT session.

Otherwise, the next person to sit at that machine

    may be able to access your RamCT account.

Assignments

All assignments, as well as course notes,

    are given on the RamCT pages for the course: CS 430 DL.

These include both written and programming assignments,

    in addition to online discussion assignments.

Tests and Examinations

All test dates are provided on the RamCT calendar for the course.

Local CSU students taking this online version of the course
                                          must

take a written version of each test proctored at CSU.

Times and dates to be announced.

There are a number of online quizzes within the RamCT pages.

    These do not require a proctor and may be taken. more than once

Other Policies

Be sure you read the Computer Science Department's   Student Information Sheet

It explains the department's policies regarding incomplete grades, plagiarism, etc.