Why Not MySQL? (Tekpub)

Dude, its 2012. Use Google, go to github or something, steal some code and hack away, if you rely on universities to better yourself then you really have no business in this field. They only teach you what you need to know to do your job, if your job requires to use Microsoft Word, I'm sure they'll open a class for that one too.

Most people just use what others use, years ago everybody and their dog uses MySQL. Nowadays, no one deserve to learn about database with MySQL as their primer.

While you're at it, have a look at Firebird SQL (http://www.firebirdsql.org/) too. With the kind of use-case and hardware that most people use MySQL for you can use Firebird instead.