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Spring 2025 - Database Systems - BSCS

CSC-251 is a 3+1 credit hour course focused on database design, implementation, and management, covering both theoretical concepts and practical applications using Oracle/MySQL. The course includes topics such as the relational model, transaction management, and database normalization, with a combination of lectures and lab sessions. Students will complete programming assignments and projects to reinforce their learning and demonstrate their understanding of database systems.

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Spring 2025 - Database Systems - BSCS

CSC-251 is a 3+1 credit hour course focused on database design, implementation, and management, covering both theoretical concepts and practical applications using Oracle/MySQL. The course includes topics such as the relational model, transaction management, and database normalization, with a combination of lectures and lab sessions. Students will complete programming assignments and projects to reinforce their learning and demonstrate their understanding of database systems.

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CSC-251: Database System (4: 3+1)

General Information

Course Number CSC-251


Credit Hours 3+1 (Theory Credit Hour = 3, Lab Credit Hours = 1)
Prerequisite None

Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to build the foundation of database design, implementation and management from theory
and practical perspectives. The focus of this course would be on design and development of relational model and
relational query languages associated with such model. The basic concepts of concurrency control and transaction
processing will also be covered. In addition to the theoretical concepts, the course through the lab section, and
programming assignments and projects, will require students to use the Oracle / MySQL database systems and
develop term projects.

Catalog Description
CSC-251

Course Content

Session Week Topic Suggested Readings


No. No. (Chapters)
01-05 1-2 Introduction to DBMS
 Database-System Applications
 Views of Data
 Database Languages
 Relational Databases 1
 Database Design
 Data Storage and Querying
 Transaction Management
 Database Architecture
 Database Users and Administrators
06-10 2-3 Introduction to the Relational Model
 Structure of Relational Databases
 Database Schema
 Keys 2
 Schema Diagrams
 Relational Query Languages
 Relational Operations
11-14 4-5 Relational Model
 Relational Operations
2.6
 Formal Relational Query Language
 Relational Algebra
14-18 5-6 An algebraic Query Language
 Natural Joins
 Theta- Joins
2.6
 Combining operations to form queries
 Naming and renaming
 Relationships among operations
18-23 7-8 Functional-Dependency Theory
 Functional Dependencies (FDs) 7
 Definition of FD
 Keys of relations
 Super Keys
 Rules about FDs
 Reasoning about FDs
 Armstrong’s Axiom and inferencing Rule
 Computing the closure of Attributes
 Computing the closure of FDs
Mid Exam
24-26 9 Design of relational database schema
 Anomalies
 Decomposing Relations using FDs 7
 Third Normal Form (3NF) and Boyce-Codd Normal Form
(BCNF)
27-29 10 Overview of the Design Process
 The Entity-Relationship Model
 Constraints
 Removing Redundant Attributes in
Entity Sets
6
 Entity-Relationship Diagrams
 Reduction to Relational Schemas
 Entity-Relationship Design Issues
 Extended E-R Features

30-33 11 Enhanced ER design


 From ERD to Relational Designs (translation)
 From Entity sets to relations 6
 From ER Relationships to Relations
 Combining relations

34-39 12- 13 Transaction Management


 ACID Properties
 Concurrency Control
17, 18
 Concurrency Control with locking methods
 2PL
 Deadlock
40-42 Semi-Structured and Un-structured Data
14  XML
 JSON
11
 PL/SQL
 NoSQL
 Graph Databases
43-45 15 Project Presentations and Revision
Final Exam

Text Book

Avi Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan: "Database System Concepts", 7th Edition, 2019, McGraw-Hill

Reference Material
Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom:, “Database Systems: The Complete Book ”, 3 rd edition,
Pearson Prentice Hall

Thomas Connolly, Carolyn Begg:, “Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and
Management ”, 5th edition, Addison Wesley

Course Learning Outcomes


Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)

1 Explain fundamental database concepts

2 Design conceptual, logical and physical database schemas using different data models

3 Identify functional dependencies and resolve database anomalies by normalizing database tables

4 Use Structured Query Language (SQL) for database definition and manipulation in any DBMS

CLO-GA Mapping
CLOs GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7 GA8 GA9 GA10

CLO 1 1

CLO 2 x

CLO 3 x

CLO 4 x

Computer Science/Software Engineering


Program Learning Outcomes

GA: Graduate Attributes

GA-1 Academic Education: Completion of an accredited program of study designed to prepare graduates
as computing professionals.

GA-2 Knowledge for Solving Computing Problems: Apply knowledge of computing fundamentals,
knowledge of a computing specialization, and mathematics, science, and domain knowledge appropriate for
the computing specialization to the abstraction and conceptualization of computing models from defined
problems and requirements.

GA-3 Problem Analysis: Identify and solve complex computing problems reaching
substantiated conclusions using fundamental principles of mathematics, computing sciences, and relevant
domain disciplines.

GA-4 Design/Development of Solutions: Design and evaluate solutions for complex computing problems,
and design and evaluate systems, components, or processes that meet specified needs.

GA-5 Modern Tool Usage: Create, select, or adapt and then apply appropriate techniques, resources, and
modern computing tools to complex computing activities, with an understanding of the limitations.

GA-6 Individual and Teamwork: Function effectively as an individual and as a member or leader of a
team in multidisciplinary settings.

GA-7 Communication: Communicate effectively with the computing community about complex
computing activities by being able to comprehend and write effective reports, design documentation, make
effective presentations, and give and understand clear instructions.
GA-8 Computing Professionalism and Society: Understand and assess societal, health, safety, legal, and
cultural issues within local and global contexts, and the responsibilities relevant to professional computing
practice

GA-9 Ethics: Understand and commit to professional ethics, responsibilities, and norms of professional
computing practice.

GA-10 Life-long Learning: Recognize the need, and have the ability, to engage in independent learning for
continual development as a computing professional.

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