As a popular database language, SQL is a great entry point for anyone interested in analyzing data. Employees such as marketers, managers, public health specialists, financial planners and accountants, researchers, and insurance experts all use SQL daily. This certification will help you be more competent in data management AND confident in data accuracy and validity. Employees and job seekers looking to improve their database management skills should also consider this certificate for professional development.
Workplace Skills
- Complex Query Development: Cultivate the skill to write complex SQL queries, which is necessary for in-depth data analysis and generating increasingly precise reports.
- Intermediate Database Design: Understand the principles of intermediate database design, including normalization, to improve data structure and integrity.
- Advanced Data Functions: Master advanced SQL functions and expressions to perform sophisticated data calculations and manipulations.
- Data Integrity and Transactions: Learn to maintain data integrity through constraints and manage database transactions to ensure the stability and reliability of data operations.
- Foundational Database Theory: Build a solid understanding of database structures and theory, forming a strong base for advanced SQL learning and database design.
- Data Manipulation Techniques: Acquire the ability to insert, update, and delete records, maintaining the accuracy and currency of database information.
Requirements
This certification includes a series of progressive courses: Advanced Applications of SQL, SQL Query Optimization, and Advanced SQL Queries: Level 3 Data Analysis. Completing this three-course sequence will result in issuing this certification and the accompanying badge, which may be displayed in your email signature and on LinkedIn.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Applications of SQL or equivalent experience. If you have experience with SQL and would like to waive the prerequisite, we are happy to speak with you to help you best choose an appropriate level of coursework. Please contact us to speak with the instructor regarding advanced placement at info@cetc.umsl.edu.
Schedule
Courses are held monthly and may be taken online synchronously or in person at our training center in Des Peres, St. Louis County, Missouri. Employers and job centers may also request training held at an offsite location. Please contact info@cetc.umsl.edu for further information.
Pathways
This certification satisfies 19.5 hours of the required courses for the following UMSL Chancellor’s Certificates: Data Analysis, Database Technology, and Programming Certifications. Each course is worth 0.65 CEUs.
For More Information
For more information and registration details, please visit the dedicated course area on our website or contact our support team at info@cetc.umsl.edu.