diff --git a/great_expectations/data_context/base.py b/great_expectations/data_context/base.py
index 30ad372fd546..9dce04b3aa03 100644
--- a/great_expectations/data_context/base.py
+++ b/great_expectations/data_context/base.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ def connect(self, options):
     def list_datasets(self):
         return NotImplementedError
 
-    def get_data_set(self, dataset_name):
+    def get_dataset(self, dataset_name):
         return NotImplementedError
diff --git a/great_expectations/data_context/sqlalchemy_context.py b/great_expectations/data_context/sqlalchemy_context.py
index 0d0276b075b7..91e41a561616 100644
--- a/great_expectations/data_context/sqlalchemy_context.py
+++ b/great_expectations/data_context/sqlalchemy_context.py
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ def list_datasets(self):
         tables = [str(table) for table in self.meta.sorted_tables]
         return tables
 
-    def get_dataset(self, dataset_name, custom_sql=None):
-        return SqlAlchemyDataset(table_name=dataset_name, engine=self.engine, custom_sql=custom_sql)
+    def get_dataset(self, dataset_name, custom_sql=None, schema=None):
+        return SqlAlchemyDataset(table_name=dataset_name, engine=self.engine, custom_sql=custom_sql, schema=schema)
diff --git a/tests/test_data_contexts/test_data_contexts.py b/tests/test_data_contexts/test_data_contexts.py
index 0be70fb86e9b..8d763f4cf3b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_data_contexts/test_data_contexts.py
+++ b/tests/test_data_contexts/test_data_contexts.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_db_connection_string(tmpdir_factory):
     path = tmpdir_factory.mktemp("db_context").join("test.db")
     engine = sa.create_engine('sqlite:///' + str(path))
     df1.to_sql('table_1', con=engine, index=True)
-    df2.to_sql('table_2', con=engine, index=True)
+    df2.to_sql('table_2', con=engine, index=True, schema='main')
 
     # Return a connection string to this newly-created db
     return 'sqlite:///' + str(path)
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ def test_sqlalchemy_data_context(test_db_connection_string):
         'SqlAlchemy', test_db_connection_string, echo=False)
 
     assert context.list_datasets() == ['table_1', 'table_2']
-    dataset = context.get_dataset('table_1')
-    assert isinstance(dataset, SqlAlchemyDataset)
+    dataset1 = context.get_dataset('table_1')
+    dataset2 = context.get_dataset('table_2', schema='main')
+    assert isinstance(dataset1, SqlAlchemyDataset)
+    assert isinstance(dataset2, SqlAlchemyDataset)
 
 
 def test_pandas_data_context(test_folder_connection_path):