Overview
The Database Management Microcertificate covers the fundamentals of designing, developing, and managing modern database systems, including relational and NoSQL databases.
Skills & Outcomes
After earning this microcertifiate, you’ll understand:
- The underlying principles of database design, normalization, indexing, data modeling, and query optimization.
- The basics of SQL, including creating, querying, and modifying databases, and writing complex queries.
- How to connect SQL with other programming languages like Python and Java.
- NoSQL databases and their benefits and limitations, and learn how to design, develop, and deploy a NoSQL database.
Courses
- CSCI 151 Introduction to Databases with SQL (available Fall 2026)
- CSCI 59 Designing and Developing Relational and NoSQL Databases (available Spring 2027)
Stack Your Microcertificate to a Graduate Certificate
The microcertificate courses can stack toward Back End Web Development, a 4-course graduate certificate.
Next Start Term
Enroll in your first microcertificate course this fall — no application required.
Course registration opens July 20. Preview fall courses and learn how to register.
Who Should Enroll
This microcertificate is ideal if you are interested in enhancing your existing skills or launching your career in the tech industry, in roles such as:
- Business intelligence analyst
- Database administrator
- Data analyst
- Data architect
Starting and Completing a Microcertificate
To begin your microcertificate, you simply register for your first course for the microcertificate — no application required. Learn how to register.
To earn your microcertificate:
- Complete the two courses for graduate credit.
- Earn at least a B grade in each course.
- Complete the courses within two years.
Starting in the 2026-27 academic year, microcertificates must be completed within 2 years. We will accept one course from academic year 2025-26, however at least one class must be completed in Fall 2026 or later to qualify for this policy change.
