CSCI 4333 Design of Database Systems
Spring 2026

1. General

  1. Course information and grading policy: course description, instructor and teaching assistant information, office hours, grading, etc. for this course.
  2. General course policy: general course policy for all my courses.
  3. Lecture Notes, Syllabus and Schedule: you can also find links to lecture notes here.
  4. Course pages in Canvas (for HW submission and external copyrighted materials): logon to Canvas at UHCL and navigate to the course page.
  5. CSCI 4333 Demonstration: demonstration files developed during the lecture.
  6. CSCI 4333 Course pages of previous semesters: Spring 2025, Fall 2025
  7. Course evaluation: https://apps.uhcl.edu/OnlineEvals
  8. Useful video (such as setting up XAMPP, MySQL, etc).
  9. Student Corner: student sharing self-made resources.
  10. My regular office hours will be held on 1/12/2026 to 4/29/2026: MW 2:30PM to 3:50PM; 5:20-5:40PM, and TTh 11:50AM to 12:10PM.Office hours will be conducted in person (Delta 163) and upon request, via Zoom meeting: 616 099 762.

2. Homework Assignments

Homework
Due
 Suggested Solutions
HW #0 1/19 Monday
10:00pm		  
HW #1 using toyu 1/29 Thursday
10:00pm		  
HW #2 2/12 Thursday
10:00pm		  
HW #3 (h3sol_template.docx): use h2sol.pdf 2/24 Tuesday
10:00pm		  
HW #4: using Swim 3/5 Thursday
10:00pm		  
HW #5: using toyu
 3/17 Tuesday 10:00pm  
HW #6: using Swim 4/2 Thursday 10:00pm  
HW #7: h7q1_template.docx 4/14 Tuesday 10:00pm  
HW #8: Using toyu in Mongo, toyu-db.gz 4/28 Tuesday 10:00pm  


3. Examinations

Mid-term Paper Exam, in person, class time (one hour 20 minutes): Closed book. However, you can bring an 'information' sheet: letter size, print or write both sides, which must be prepared by yourself. The relation schema and instance of toyu db will be provided to you.

  1. CSCI 4333.1 and .2: 3/4 Wednesday class time.

Final Paper Examination: In person. Closed book. However, you can bring two 'information' sheets: letter size, print or write both sides, which must be prepared by yourself. The relation schema and instance of toyu db will be provided to you.

  1. CSCI 4333.1: 5/6 Wednesday 1:00PM - 3:00PM
  2. CSCI 4333.2: 5/6 Wednesday 4:00PM - 6:00PM

3.1 Examinations' Suggested Solutions