All readings are from Database Design (2nd Edition) by Watt and Eng.

Date Reading
Aug 24 1 — Before the advent of database systems
Aug 26 2 — Fundamental concepts
3 — Characteristics and benefits of a database
Aug 31 4 — Types of data models
5 — Data modeling
Sep 2 6 — Classification of DBMS’s
Sep 7 7 — The Relational Model
Sep 9 Skim 8 — The ER model (skim only; we’re using UML instead)
9 — Integrity rules and constraints
Sep 14 11 — Functional dependencies
Sep 16 12 — Normalization
Sep 21 15 — SQL part 1
Sep 23 16 — SQL part 2