Subject: Welcome
From: Nagarajan.Prabakar@fiu.edu
Date: 8/4/2019, 12:38 AM
To: prabakar@cis.fiu.edu

It is my pleasure to welcome you to
the advanced "Survey of Database Systems" hybrid course.

This course demands significant amount of time and effort with fairly complex projects.
Make sure you have sufficient background and proper knowledge
on the prerequisite database course.

Please login at "https://canvas.fiu.edu/" with your FIU username (eight letters)
and visit COP4722 course --> "Modules" link -> All links in "Overview" section

Before the first class on 8/27/19, complete the following tasks:
  - Watch Welcome video
  - Read the syllabus and schedule
  - Visit the Concept map link and traverse to all 13 sub modules of Module-1
    and watch all basic database knowledge videos of the prerequiste database course
    (to score well on the upcoming quiz-1 based on Module-1 on Sep 3rd)
  - purchase the textbook
  Textbook:
   Fundamentals of Database Systems, 7th Edition
   Elmasri and Navathe  
   Pearson (ISBN: 0-13-397077-9)
   
If you have any concern about this course, feel free to contact me.
Good Luck!
--Prabakar