Introduction to Database Systems

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Instructor:                             Dr. Hassan Ismail Abdalla                             Ext: 8529                             Website:                              e-mail: habdllah@cis.psu.edu.sa

This course provides an overview of database systems (definitions, evolution, architecture and applications). It covers the following topics: File systems versus a DBMS, Data modeling, Entity-relationship and relational data models, Database query languages and standards, Database design: theory and methodology, ER-to-Relational Mapping, Functional dependencies and normalization, Queries and operations in SQL.

TextBook:
  R. EImasri and S. B. Navathe. Fundamentals of Database Systems, 5th edition, 2007.

References & Reading Material:
  J. C. Date. An Introduction to Database Systems, 8th edition. Pub Co, 2000.