| Week of | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| March 27 | Introduction | Prospective Students Meetings - no class | |
| April 3 | Relational Model/SQL First homework given out |
SQL / Views / Datalog | XML Teams must be formed |
| April 10 | Storing Data | Storing Data / Query Execution | Query Execution First homework due Second homework given out Project proposals are due |
| April 17 | | Query Optimization | Query Optimization |
| April 24 | Query Optimization & Datalog | Invited Speaker: David Maier | Query Containment & View Selection |
| May 1 | Query Containment & View Selection | Invited Speaker: Phil Bernstein (Crash Recovery) Second homework due Third homework given out |
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| May 8 | Invited Speaker: Phil Bernstein (Crash Recovery) | Invited Speaker: Phil Bernstein (Crash Recovery) Third homework due |
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| May 15 | SIGMOD/PODS - no class | SIGMOD/PODS - no class | |
| May 22 | Data Integration | Data Integration Short homework - extra credit |
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| May 29 |   | Current Research on Query Processing (XML / Adaptive) | Wrapup Projects are due |