Designed to help you fast track your career, our recommended career pathway combines the courses you need to gain the wider job opportunities and higher earning capacity you want.
You can take advantage of the combined Sun Java and Microsoft VB.net Programming courses in one economical package. That way you can gain the higher qualifications you need to generate more earning power - while saving money on your studies.
Microsoft VB.net builds on the skills and knowledge you gain on your Sun Java course with skills in Visual Basic. With the confidence of professional qualifications behind you, you can really enhance your CV and will find greater career opportunities open up for you. Not to mention the potential to earn higher income.
So you’ll save money on your studies and more than cover the costs when you get the job you want.
Find out more about our Sun Java and Microsoft VB.net computer programming pathway course and save money today.
Careers
Java programmers are in high demand. This means career and earning opportunities are currently excellent - both in the UK and abroad.
With this course you will be able to apply for jobs within the IT industry as a Java programmer or developer and could earn between £25,000 - £45,000* per annum.
*Source: CWJobs - June 2006
Example Roles
Java Programmer
£35,819
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Software Architect
£43,401
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Java Developer
£43,401
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Sun Java Programming Demand & Salary Trend UK
Source: IT Jobs Watch
Career Development
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Our Tutors
We recognise that expert support and guidance is vital in helping students succeed, and your Home Learning College Tutor is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
When you enrol you are assigned a personal Tutor, an expert in their subject area who is trained to support and coach you throughout the duration of your studies. Tutors are recruited, employed and trained by Home Learning College, ensuring that students have access to the best quality support and tuition available.
You will have unlimited access to your personal Tutor via phone, post or online. From the day you enrol, we are committed to helping you successfully complete your course – and take the next step.
Student Community
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Once you're a member of our Virtual Learning Community you can tap into a great deal more – anywhere and anytime:
Our unique Virtual Learning Community delivers a more involving study experience and greater student success rates. Once registered you'll be able to:
- Meet and chat with any of our 65,000 students
- Participate in online discussion boards
- Set up and manage your own Personal Study Area
- Interact with your Tutor
- Access your assignments and course materials
- Participate in interactive quizzes and e-assessments
- Watch video-casts and download online tutorials
- Access a library of user generated content
- Access additional learning tools
- Access anywhere 24 hours a day
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Take a tour of our unique Virtual Learning Community.
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Home Learning College is the only vocational home study provider within the UK to offer students an interactive online community. Access to our Virtual Learning Community means that you’ll have all the flexibility and benefits of studying from home whilst ensuring that you are never actually studying alone.
Study Plan
Your course material will cover a wide variety of topics and subjects.
Your course is designed to allow you to learn at your own pace and in a logical way, with each new study topic building on the knowledge you have already gained.
Your course is divided into two major study sections - Java Programming Fundamentals, and Sun Certified Java Programmer.
Java Programming Fundamentals
- An Introduction to Java
- OOAD (Object Orientated Analysis and Design)
- The Java Programming Language
- Classes and Objects
- Methods
- Control Structures
- Arrays
- Inheritance
- Applets
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SCJP for Java 6
- Declarations and Access Control
- Object Orientation
- Assignments
- Operators
- Flow Control, Exceptions, and Assertions
- Strings, I/O, Formatting, and Parsing
- Generics and Collections
- Inner Classes
- Threads
- Development
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Study Details
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Each new study topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 240 hours of study.
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| 6 months |
11 hours |
| 12 months |
5 hours |
| 24 months |
3 hours |
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| Exams |
1 online exam at local centre |
| Entry Requirement |
Good PC skills |
| Study Hours |
240 hours |
| Quality Materials |
Yes - written by industry expert |
| Number of Units |
2 |
| Number of Assignments |
20 |
Our Sun Certified Java Computer Programming material is written by experts.
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System Requirements
To check your computer is compatible with the software provided with this course please review our .