There will be several individual assignments which you will be expected to complete for the course. The assignments will distributed as the class progresses. The assignments will include application of the material we are covering in class and outside reading and summaries. . Each assignment will have specific instructions and will be graded based on design style and solution. Some assignments will be homework and some will include online discussions. For each lab exercise which is NOT a group assignment, you will be expected to submit your material for grading. If you are absent on the day a lab is due and you do not submit the work, you will receive a 0 for that lab assignment.
You are expected to participate in ALL the assigned work.

Participation and Lab Exercises

15% of Final Grade

Each student is expected to attend all classes--both lecture and lab sessions and participate in work presentations. Some class time will be devoted to reviewing solutions to work in lab exercises. Some class time will be assigned to lab exercises which are group labs. Failure to actively participate in these discussions and lab sessins will be reflected in this component of your grade. You will be given participation and lab grade exercises at the midterm and final.

Semester Tests
The average of these exams will be worth 40% of the final grade. Each test is worth 10% of the final grade.

Your test dates are
Test 1--9/19
Test 2--10/17
Test 3--11/14
Test 4--12/3

You will be expected to complete all the tests. If you miss one test, you will take the final exam. The final exam will be used for people who have missed a test or for people who wish to improve another test grade. If you miss a test, then your missed test will be replaced by the final exam. If you miss more than one test, then your final exam grade will be used to replace ALL grades for missed tests. Tests are NOT cummulative. Tests are closed book.

The final EXAM is cummulative. The final exam will be given at the time assigned by the REGISTRAR during the final exam week. The FINAL EXAM WILL NOT BE GIVEN early. You are expected to be available that week to complete ALL work for this course.

Each test will be set for 50 minutes in length. The final exam will be set for 75 minutes in length.

MAKE-UP Tests will NOT be given. If you missed the scheduled test, this will replaced by the grade for the final exam. If you have completed all the tests, then you are NOT required to take the final EXAM.

Semester Project
The group project is worth 20% of the final grade.

Each person will be assigned to a team. The team will design a solution for a real world database. The team will present the database scenarios, the ER diagram for the database and a sample of the database. The demo will require forms for data input and report generation for the problem.

Each team will present an explanation of the ER diagram to the class and a demonstration of the database during the last week of class.

Each team will hand in a working copy of the database as part of the assignment.

The project will be assessed on the technical completion (65% of the grade), presentation component (15% of the grade), and individual team assessments (25% of the project grade). It is possible each person on the team will receive DIFFERENT grades for the project.

Description of Semester Project