UMBC Training Centers is a member of the Oracle Workforce Development program and as such delivers high quality Oracle training at a reduced cost to our students. Courses are delivered on an extended schedule as opposed to the traditional "boot camp" format, providing students with greater convenience (most classes are in the evenings), less interuption to work, and a more effective learning experience with the inclusion of time between classes for the application of what is being learned in the classroom.

Oracle 10g: Introduction to SQL - This course offers students an extensive introduction to data server technology. The class covers the concepts of both relational and object relational databases and the powerful SQL programming language.

Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop I - This course is your first step towards success as an Oracle professional, designed to give you a firm foundation in basic database tasks. In this class, you'll learn how to install and maintain an Oracle database.

Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop II - This course advances your success as an Oracle professional in the area of database administration. This course provide the student knowledge to recover a database using RMAN, SQL, and Flashback technology. Tools to monitor database performance and how to use various database technologies, such as Resource Manager, the Scheduler, and Automatic Storage Management (ASM).

Oracle Database 10g: New Features for Administrators - This course introduces students to the new features in Oracle Database 10g - the database for Grid computing. Students learn how to use Oracle Database 10g new features to increase database availability, to simplify database performance monitoring and tuning through the use of Oracle Database 10g Advisors, and to offer simplified database manageability. The course also covers security and some development platform changes that students need to understand if applications running in databases support the related features. Hands-on practice sessions give students an opportunity to examine many of the new features for themselves.