CMSC 461, Database Management Systems. Fall 2005
Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Department
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Course Text

Required

Database Systems Concepts, (5th Edition), Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan, McGraw-Hill, 2005, ISBN 0-072-95886-3 Alias: DSC

Reading Assignments

This page will be updated during the semester.

• Read chapters 1 and 6 of DSC by September 16.


• The reading list for the Exam on Oct 6, 2005 is as follows: Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 6, and sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 and 4.5 of DSC.


• The reading list for the Exam on Nov 3, 2005 is as follows: Chapters 2, 3, 4.1-4.5 inclusive, and 7.1-7.5.2 inclusive of DSC.


• The reading list for the Final Exam is as follows: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4.1-4.5, 6.1-6.10, 7.1-7.5, 11.1-11.8, 12.1-12.7, 12.10, and 13.1-13.5 inclusive, except for 11.3 and 12.4 of DSC.