Database Specialist Certificate

Program Details

Semester 1

• CIS 303 - Introduction to Database Credits: 3
• Select one course from Option 1 Credits: 3

Semester 2

• CIS 332 - Database and SQL Credits: 3
• NET 715 - Database Security & Auditing Credits: 3

Semester 3

• CIS 338 - SQL/Oracle Credits: 3
• CIS 346 - Database Design Credits: 3

Total Credits Required to Complete this Certificate - 18

Fixed Costs

Tuition……………………………………………………………………………………..$151.00 per credit

The costs for each program are estimates and subject to change.

Varied Costs

Approximate total for program: $3,603**

**Program entry requirements are not included in the total approximate cost.

What Kind of Work Will You Do?

• Analyze problems and apply technical knowledge to facilitate the design of solutions/resolutions.
• Collaborate with clients to identify and assess user requirements.
• Define and document business requirements.
• Participate in a team environment to meet deadlines and to make quick and accurate judgments.
• Work with system database administrators to design logical and physical data models.
• Maintain and provide functional support for implemented applications.
• Support customer analysis of data by proposing, developing, implementing and maintaining cost-effective database solutions.

What Skills and Abilities Will You Need?

• Meet deadlines and handle pressure in a fast-paced work environment.
• Great oral and written communication skills.
• Concentrate for long period of time.
• General business knowledge, self-starter, motivation, work without supervision.
• Excellent problem-solving skills/logical reasoning and critical thinking.
• Strong programming discipline and general knowledge of relational database management systems.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently both as an individual and in a team environment.

What Else Should I Consider about this Specialist Certificate?

• Provides the opportunity to prepare for certification as an ORACLE application developer through ORACLE Corporation.

What are the salary expectations?

The median annual wage for database administrators (DBAs) was $77,080 in May 2012. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $42,930, and the top 10 percent earned more than $118,720. The wages for DBAs vary with the industry in which they work. Salary Information Source: U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/home.htm

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