A fundamental part of the learning process is for you to make your best effort to solve problems before their solutions are discussed in class. Try to grapple with the problems complexities, experiment with different choices, and develop your own answers. All homework assignments are due at the beginning of class on the announced due date. No late homework assignments will be accepted. Exams are designed to evaluate your retention of basic course knowledge, as well as your ability to synthesize related information and to apply the concepts you have learned.
All exams are closed-book, short answer, comprehensive tests.
Grades can only be awarded to clear, unambiguous, correct answers that you provide on the exam. Team Project . As part of a project team, you will design and implement a small relational database. A detailed description of the project will be distributed during the first week of this course. This description will outline the requirements for your database, recommended approaches to team management, and a list of project deliverables and their due dates.