Lecture, seminar and hands-on exercises in the lab
| Assignments/Project(s) | 20% - 30% |
| Tests/Quizzes | 10% - 20% |
| Mid-term Examination | 25% - 35% |
| Final Examination* | 25% - 40% |
| Total | 100% |
Some of these assessments may involve group work.
* Practical hands-on computer exam
In order to pass the course, students must, in addition to receiving an overall course grade of 50%, also achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined weighted examination components (including quizzes, tests, exams).
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
Kroenke. Database Concepts. Latest Edition. Prentice Hall.
or other textbooks as approved by the department.
Min grade C in CSIS 2200
No corequisite courses.
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
| Institution | Transfer Details | Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX CPSC 2XX (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Athabasca University (AU) | DOUG CSIS 2300 (3) & DOUG CSIS 3300 (3) = AU COMP 378 (3) & AU COMP 3XX (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU COMP 2XX (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN CPSC 2XX (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Columbia College (COLU) | COLU CSCI 2nd (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Coquitlam College (COQU) | No credit | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU INFO 2312 (3) | 2012/09/01 to - |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU CISY 2314 (3) | 2007/09/01 to 2012/08/31 |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG CPSC 2221 (3) | 2011/05/01 to - |
| North Island College (NIC) | NIC CPS 146 (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Okanagan College (OC) | OC COSC 304 (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU CMPT 2XX (3) | 2007/09/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU COMP 2560 (3) | 2010/09/01 to - |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU COMP 256 (3) | 2007/09/01 to 2010/08/31 |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU CMPT 2XX (3) | 2018/01/01 to - |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU ISYS 337 (3) | 2007/09/01 to 2017/12/31 |
| University Canada West (UCW) | UCW CMPT 2XX (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| University Canada West (UCW) | UCW CPSC 2XX (3) | 2006/01/01 to 2014/12/31 |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO COSC 2nd (3) | 2007/09/01 to - |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV CPSC 2nd (3) | 2007/09/01 to - |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC CPSC 2XX (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV COMP 230 (3) | 2019/09/01 to - |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV CIS 230 (3) | 2007/09/01 to 2019/08/31 |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC CSC 2XX (1.5) | 2007/09/01 to - |
| Vancouver Community College (VCC) | No credit | 2015/01/01 to - |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU CSCI 2nd (3) | 2015/01/01 to - |