Home  Basic Info  Blog  Newsgroup  Meetings  Homeworks  Lecture Notes  Syllabus  Resources	Instructors: Minos Garofalakis Office Hours: Fri @3:15, location TBA, or by appointment Joe Hellerstein Office Hours:  Thu/Fri @2:30 in 685 Soda, or by appointment. Teaching Assistants: Tyson Condie Ofc. Hr.: Fri 11-12, 411 Soda Section: Fri 10-11, 3113 Etcheverry Varun Kacholia Ofc. Hr.: Mon 2-3, 751 Soda Section: Fri 11-12, 75 Evans Benjamin Mellblom Ofc. Hr.: Wed 12-1, 273 Soda Section: Fri 1-2, 2 Evans News and Announcements: It is your responsibility to check the ucb.class.cs186 newsgroup and the class blog frequently. Textbook: Database Management Systems 3rd Edition by Ramakrishnan and Gehrke. Grading Policy: Homework/Project Assignments: 50% of semester grade.  Breakdown on projects page Mid-term: 20% of semester grade Final Exam: 30% of semester grade Notes on grading (please read): The percentages are subject to change as circumstances dictate. Since exams are the main indicators we have of individual grasp of the material, we reserve the right to adjust final letter grades based on exam performance.  In particular, students who do not achieve a passing average on the exams will not receive a passing grade in the class. We will be following the EECS departmental policy on Academic Honesty, so be sure you are familiar with it.