Course Announcements for CSCI 370, Spring 2025

Important announcements will be posted here. Please check regularly.


27 March 2025:

The submit deadline of your final course project is 17:00, 13 April 2025, Sunday.

How to submit your project:
First, compress all files (source code files, makefile, report, SQL statement files, diagrams, etc.) you want to submit for your project into a .zip (preferred) or .tar file.
Then, enter the following command on any of cub machines to submit:
~liuh/bin/submit 370 Project .

The submit script currently accepts .zip and .tar files. If your file has other extension names, please let me know before submission.

Please choose the format of your files (especially your report) so that they are easily readable once they are unzipped.

27 March 2025:

Assignment 9 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 3 April 2025, Thursday.

18 March 2025:

The submit deadline of Assignment 8 is extended to 13:00, 27 March 2025, Thursday, so that you can get feedback on your assignment 7 before submitting assignment 8.

13 March 2025:

Assignment 8 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 20 March 2025, Thursday.

4 March 2025:

Assignment 7 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 13 March 2025, Thursday.
Extra note: this is a programming assignment. Lots of things can go wrong. Therefore, start early and expect spending more time on it.

13 February 2025:

Assignment 5 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 25 February 2025, Tuesday.

Assignment 6 has also been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 4 March 2025, Tuesday.

6 February 2025:

Assignment 4 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 13 February 2025, Thursday.

Please check out the Project Information And more explanation of projects

30 January 2025:

Assignment 3 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 6 February 2025, Thursday.

The exam preparation for midterm has been posted. Please check it out. Note that our midterm will be held in Building 250/Room 125 (not our usual lecture room) on February 27th.

23 January 2025:

Assignment 2 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 30 January 2025, Thursday.

15 January 2025:

Assignment 1 has been posted. The submit deadline is 13:00, 23 January 2025, Thursday.

5 January 2025:

Welcome to CSCI 370, Database Management Systems.

Our first lecture starts at 13:00, Tuesday, 7 January 2025. The first lab will be held on
10:30 - 11:30, Tuesday, 14 January 2024 for Section S25N01,
10:30 - 11:30, Thursday, 16 January 2025 for Section S25N02, and
16:00 - 17:00, Thursday, 16 January 2025 for Section S25N03.

It is important for everyone who wants to remain in this class, no matter registered or waitlisted currently, to attend the first lecture due to VIU's No-Show policy. It is important for everyone registered to attend all lectures and labs anyway.