Campus contact for this program:
Professor Farshad Ravanshad, FRavanshad@hcc.commnet.edu

Certificate

This certificate program is designed to provide the fundamental database design and implementation knowledge and skills required for entry-level positions in database development. The program has as its learning outcomes the demonstrated proficiency in the skills listed below:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the information technology field, demonstrate problem-solving and creative-thinking skills  
• Apply basic programming concepts and use of a programming language to design, code, compile, execute and debug programs 
• Apply relational database concepts to query and manipulate data in relational databases 
• Apply web development principles and technologies including HTML and CSS to create functional web pages 
• Demonstrate a basic understating of the Linux operating system, its GUI and command-line environments, and its tools 
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of data storage systems, technologies, relational databases and commercial DBMSs  
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the database query languages and how to query relational databases to retrieve the required data correctly 
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the database administration concepts and the role of DBAs  
• Demonstrate the ability to design and implement a database application, working from the E-R modeling stage through to the actual implementation 
• Demonstrate the ability to integrate the implemented database application with a Web-based application system or website