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 Application Express (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 and Programming with SQL |
| Database Foundations | Curriculum | 90 | Database Design and Programming with SQL or certification |
| Database Design and Programming with SQL | Curriculum | 180 | Programming with PL/SQL, Oracle APEX Application Development Foundations, or Applied Database Systems |
| Programming with PL/SQL | Curriculum | 180 | Oracle APEX Application Development Foundations |
| Applied Database Systems | Curriculum | 90 | Oracle APEX 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 and Programming with SQL
Students learn to analyze complex business scenarios to develop data models and learn to implement and perform advanced queries on databases using SQL in hands-on, engaging activities.
180 Hours
For students: Who wish to learn techniques beyond SQL to execute procedural logic on a database.
Educator prerequisites: High level knowledge of database design concepts and of programming with SQL.
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 design, build and 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 design concepts and of programming with SQL
Suggested: Database Design & Programming with SQL
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes |
Oracle Application Express (APEX) Development Foundations
Students learn techniques and tools required to develop database-driven web applications as well as how to design, develop, and deploy database-driven web applications using Oracle Application Express (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 & Programming with SQL and Programming with PL/SQL
| English | Chinese (Simplified) | French | Indonesian | Japanese | Portuguese (Brazil) | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language Availability | Yes |