Database Curriculum
College ready and career focused
Curriculum and Teaching Resources
Oracle Academy database curriculum is created by professional educators and enables students to learn and practice in Oracle Autonomous Database through Oracle APEX and the Oracle Academy Cloud Program. With Oracle Academy curriculum, students engage in hands-on learning and develop both database and career-ready skills such as problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking.
The knowledge and practical skills students gain will help them advance their academic studies in computer science or enter the job market across industries and be ready to become innovators and leaders.
Database Curriculum Pathway
| Course name | Type | Hours | Next course(s) in pathway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solve It with SQL | Workshop | 8 | Database Foundations or Database Design |
| Database Foundations | Curriculum | 90 | Database Programming with SQL or certification |
| Database Design | Curriculum | 90 | Database Programming with SQL, Application Development Foundations, or Applied Database Systems |
| Database Programming with SQL | Curriculum | 90 | Database Programming with PL/SQL |
| Programming with PL/SQL | Curriculum | 180 | Application Development Foundations, or Applied Database Systems |
| Applied Database Systems | Curriculum | 90 | Application Development Foundations |
| Oracle APEX Application Development Foundations | Curriculum | 180 | n/a |
| Oracle Foundations Associate, Database | Certification Exam | n/a | n/a |
Database Foundations
Students with little database experience learn database design techniques, design databases using a modeling tool, and are introduced to SQL to implement and query databases using hands-on, engaging activities.
90 Hours
For students: Who wish to learn the techniques and tools to design, build and extract information from a database and who possess basic mathematical, logical, and analytical problem-solving skills. This course is best for novice programmers, as well as those at advanced levels, who prefer to start learning the basis for the SQL programming language at an introductory level. This foundational course is suitable for computer science majors and non-majors alike.
Educator prerequisites: General knowledge of the purpose of a database
Suggested: Previous experience with a database application
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Applied Database Systems
Students learn a range of skills required to build modern cloud database solutions using Oracle Database through hands-on, engaging activities.
90 Hours
For students: Who wish to learn the techniques and tools to design, build and extract information from a database and who possess basic mathematical, logical, and analytical problem-solving skills. This course is suitable for computer science majors and non-majors alike.
Educator prerequisites: General knowledge of the purpose of a database
Suggested: Previous experience with a database application
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes |
Database Design
Students learn to analyze complex business scenarios and create a data model (a conceptual representation of an organization’s information), culminating with a project that challenges them to design a database solution for a business or organization.
90 Hours
For students: Who wish to learn the techniques and tools to design and build database solutions.
Educator prerequisites: High-level knowledge of database design and implementation concepts.
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Database Programming with SQL
In this course, students implement database designs by creating physical databases using SQL. The curriculum introduces basic SQL syntax and the rules for constructing valid SQL statements.
90 Hours
For students: Who wish to learn the fundamentals of using SQL to extract information from a database. This foundational course is suitable for computer science majors and non-majors alike.
Educator prerequisites: High-level knowledge of database concepts and of programming with SQL.
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Database Programming with PL/SQL
Students are introduced to PL/SQL and explore how it extends and automates SQL in administering the Oracle database, and create projects to design, implement, and demonstrate a database solution for a business.
180 Hours
For students: Who wish to learn the techniques and tools to automate database application tasks.
Educator prerequisites: High level knowledge of database design concepts and of programming with SQL
Suggested: Database Design and Database Programming with SQL
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes |
Application Development Foundations
Students learn techniques and tools required to develop database-driven web applications as well as how to design, develop, and deploy them using no-code/low-code Oracle APEX.
90 Hours
For students: Who wish to learn the techniques and tools to design, build, and deploy database driven web applications; who possess SQL and PL/SQL and novice programming skills; and who possess an understanding of web applications as an end user or creator.
Educator prerequisites: Database Foundations
Suggested: Database Design, Database Programming with SQL, and Database Programming with PL/SQL
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes |