CO22001 Database Systems
Lecturers:
Dr. Uta Priss,
Dr. John Old
Links:
Teaching Plan
If you want to install the jobs database on your own computer:
Scripts for installing Oracle versions of both the jobs and musicians
databases can be found
here. Kevin Sim has converted the script for the jobs database to a
MySQL version.
Where to buy the Student Notes booklet
You need to pay for the Student Notes booklet at the Reception (price £ 5).
Take the receipt to the School Office.
Ask for "Database Systems Student Notes".
How to register for the practicals
When you start your first practical, please, open the
on-line SQL interface in a separate window.
Then
- Click on "Register for an account"
- You can use any valid email address and any password.
- Enter your correct matriculation number
- In the field "Programme Info", select "CO22001 Merchiston, starting 01-Oct-07"
It is important that you are signed
up for the correct occurrence in the practicals and that you are providing
your correct matric number (because otherwise, your coursework mark
will be 0). Any student
who is resitting or continuing this module from a previous
semester must change their profile to the correct
occurrence. Otherwise the coursework mark will be "fail"!!
- Coursework (assessments) will not open up or become available
until a certain number of the tutorial exercises for that tutorial have
been completed. Until then they will be labelled:
"Not Yet Qualified"
- Assistance is given for tutorial exercises, not the assessments.
- NO Collusion (no copying or working together) on coursework
assessments. (The software automatically detects plagiarism!)
Assessment Information
The exam counts for 60% of the final mark. The coursework counts for the other
40% of the final mark.
To pass the module, students need to achieve an overall mark
of 40% and at least 30% in the exam and in the coursework. (For example,
a student could pass with 46% in the exam, 30% in the coursework. Another
student could pass with 30% in the exam, 55% in the coursework).
Resit students need to achieve 40% in any component that they are resitting.
Exam
The exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions,
each question having 5 options. No negative marking is used.
Past papers are available at the
past papers webpage.
(Several of the 2002 exams contain the solutions at the end.)
Sample solutions to multiple choice questions (similar to the
ones in the exam) can be found in the
on-line multiple choice quiz.
Coursework
Official Frontpage of this assessment
The coursework mark is the "Assessment Total" which is visible
on the "Main Index" page in the on-line SQL interface.
Resit Coursework
The resit coursework is an assessment through the on-line SQL system in
the same style as the original coursework.
Resit during trimester I:
Contact the module leader in week 1. Do the assessment either
on your own or attend the practicals. The deadline is Friday in week 9
(same as for the regular students).
Resit during trimester II:
Send an email to the module leader by the end of week 8. The on-line assessment
will be opened for you on Monday in week 9. The deadline is Friday in week 14.
Resit during the summer:
Send an email to the module leader within 10 days after you receive your
June marks. You will then receive an email with instructions from the module
leader.
Information for students who are resitting the coursework
Any student who is resitting or continuing this module from a previous
semester must change the "Programme info" in their
profile in the on-line SQL to the current occurrence, i.e.
"CO22001 Merchiston, starting 01-Oct-07".
Otherwise the coursework mark will be "fail"!!
