Tentative Schedule


Week

Class Topic   Due   Where
0 0. Computer Career and Data Research & Technologies    
  0.1 A computer career    
  0.2 Data research    
  0.3 Data technologies    
1 08/25
08/27		 1. Introduction to CSCI 513    
  1.1 Course outline  
  1.2 Tentative schedule    
  1.3 Software to be used    
2 09/01
09/03		 2. Programming Exercise I    
  2.1 Specifications    
  2.2 A sample website    
  2.3 Construction steps    
09/02  Last day to add a course or drop without record — 100% refund
 Last day to add audit or change to/from audit
 Last day to receive a refund on a dropped class
 Drops after the last day to add will appear on a transcript. 		   
3 09/08
09/10		 3. Essential Technologies for Exercise Construction    
  3.1 HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)    
  3.2 CGI (Common Gateway Interface)    
  3.3 Using Oracle    
4 09/15
09/17		 4. Database-driven Website Construction    
  4.1 Frontend development    
  4.2 Full stack web development    
  4.3 Database-driven website development    
5 09/22
09/24		 5. Database Models    
  5.1 Relational databases    
  5.2 Object-oriented databases    
  5.3 Website construction summary    
6 09/29
10/01		 6. Oracle Databases    
  6.1 Oracle SQL*Plus    
  6.2 Oracle data dictionary    
  6.3 SQL (Structured Query Langauge) EX I  
7 10/08 7. Web-JDBC Programming    
  7.1 GET and POST methods    
  7.2 CGI forms and input fields    
  7.3 CGI radio buttons and checkboxes    
10/06
(no class)
Exam I (for both on-campus and on-line students; 06:30pm – 08:30pm (CST), Tuesday)
   
8 10/13
10/15		 8. JDBC Programming    
  8.1 Database connection    
  8.2 Query execution    
  8.3 Processing the result sets    
9 10/20
10/22		 9. Introduction to Android Programming    
  9.1 Programming Exercise II    
  9.2 Android introduction    
  9.3 An Android hello-world project    
10 10/29 10. Android User Interface Processing    
  10.1 Hypertext    
  10.2 Radio buttons    
  10.3 Checkboxes    
10/27
IEEE CARS 2026 Symposium (Tuesday) — no classes
   
11 11/03
11/05		 11. Android SQLite Database    
  11.1 Using SQLite    
  11.2 SQLite shell commands    
  11.3 SQLite in Android    
12 11/10
11/12		 12. An Android SQLite Project    
  12.1 SQLite data declaration    
  12.2 SQLite data management    
  12.3 An SQLite example    
11/13  Last day to change to or from S/U grading
 Last day to change to or from audit grading
 Last day to drop a full-term course or withdraw from school 		   
13 11/19 13. Oracle Object-relational SQL    
  13.1 Object types, tables, and references    
  13.2 Constructor methods    
  13.3 Data dictionary and objects    
11/17
(no class)
Exam II (for both on-campus and on-line students; 06:30pm – 08:30pm (CST), Tuesday)
   
14 11/24 14. Oracle PL/SQL    
  14.1 Control structures    
  14.2 Cursors    
  14.3 Procedures and functions    
11/25
11/26
11/27
Holidays, Thanksgiving Break (WeThFr) — no classes
   
15 12/01
12/03		 15. Oracle Object-relational SQL (Cont.)    
  15.1 Nested tables    
  15.2 VARRAY (varying-length array)    
  15.3 Methods EX II
16 12/08
12/10		 16. Object-oriented DBMSs    
  16.1 A non-relational representation    
  16.2 Object-oriented properties    
  16.3 Object-oriented database properties    
17 12/15
Final exam (for both on-campus and on-line students; 06:30pm – 08:30pm (CST), Tuesday)
 
18 12/22 Grades posted before noon, Tuesday    






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