College Credit Certificate

Database operations are an important part of computer operations in almost every company and organization today. Electronic commerce depends upon the storage and processing of transactions in databases. Many E-commerce sites have databases attached to web pages.

FCCJ is an Oracle Academic Initiative Partner with Oracle Corporation. Together we have developed a program that puts you on the fast track for a database career.

This certificate prepares students for job entry in database fields including database applications development. Students learn skills necessary for design, development and maintenance of comprehensive relational databases for corporations and organizations. Graduates may seek positions as database developers, database programmers and database consultants. The Oracle courses in the database degree also provide a foundation for persons preparing for the Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) exams.

An internship is provided with this degree to allow work experience in database technologies.

Required Courses

The following is a list of courses required for this program presented in a recommended sequence of completion. The sequence is only a suggested guide, and there is no requirement to follow the sequence precisely. Students in this program may register for any course as long as the student has met any prerequisites for that course.

Course Number and Title	Contact Hours
MAT 1033 Intermediate Algebra	3
CGS 1100 Microcomputer Applications for Business and Economics	4
CGS 2555 Introduction to the Internet	4
COP 1000 Introduction to Programming and Algorithm Design	3
CIS 2321 Information Systems	3
COP 2220 Introduction to C Programming	3
COP 2702 Oracle SQL and PL/SQL	4
COP 2703 Application Development with Oracle	4
COP 2745 Oracle PL/SQL Programming	3
CIS 1942 Internship	2
Total Contact Hours	33

* Refer to A.S. degree General Education Requirements.