Database Design & Development: Winter 2014

Instructor:

Charles-Antoine Julien

School:

McGill

Semester:

Winter 2014

Description:

Theoretical and applied principles of relational database design. Includes relational theory, conceptual design, database normalization, relational database management systems, SQL queries and database management.

Required Textbook:

Frost, R., Day, J. Van Slyke, C. 2006. Database design and development. A visual approach.
Riordan, R. 2005. Designing effective database systems.

Link to Syllabus:

http://www.mcgill.ca/sis/files/sis/glis657_winter2014_julien.pdf

Web System Design & Management: Fall 2014

Instructor:

Charles-Antoine Julien

School:

McGill

Semester:

Fall 2014

Description:

This course has been developed with the information professional in mind. It seeks to provide students with the skills and understanding that they are most likely to require in their information careers: the strategy, design, and management of a web site,

Required Textbook:

Castro, E. 2007. HTML, XHTML & CSS, 6th ed.
Duckett, J. 2011. HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites.
Krug, S. 200). Don’t Make Me Think, 2nd ed.
Lynch, P. J., Horton, S. 2008. Web Style Guide, 3rd ed.
Morville, P., Rosenfeld, L. 2007. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 3rd ed.

Link to Syllabus:

http://www.mcgill.ca/sis/files/sis/glis634_2014fall_julien.pdf

Information Retrieval: Fall 2014

Instructor:

Charles-Antoine Julien

School:

McGill

Semester:

Fall 2014

Description:

Theoretical and applied explanation of information retrieval in a variety of digital environments and in relation to textual and multimedia data.

Required Textbook:

Walkenbach, J. 2010. Excel 2010 power programming with VBA.
Manning, C. D., Raghavan, P., Schütze, H. 2008. Introduction to information retrieval.

Link to Syllabus:

http://www.mcgill.ca/sis/files/sis/glis616_2014fall_julien.pdf