Certiport - IT Specialist - Java

Curriculum

Section 1: Understand Java fundamentals

• Module 1: Describe the use of main in a Java application
• Module 2: Perform basic input and output using standard packages
• Module 3: Evaluate the scope of a variable

Section 2: Work with data types, variables, and expressions

• Module 1: Declare and use primitive data type variables
• Module 2: Construct and evaluate code that manipulates strings
• Module 3: Construct and evaluate code that creates, iterates, and manipulates arrays and array lists
• Module 4: Construct and evaluate code that performs parsing, casting and conversion
• Module 5: Construct and evaluate arithmetic expressions

Section 3: Implement flow control

• Module 1: Construct and evaluate code that uses branching statements
• Module 2: Construct and evaluate code that uses loops

Section 4: Perform object-oriented programming

• Module 1: Construct and evaluate a class definition
• Module 2: Declare, implement, and access data members in a class
• Module 3: Declare, implement, and access methods
• Module 4: Instantiate and use a class object in a program

Section 5: Compile and debug code

• Module 1: Troubleshoot syntax errors, logic errors, and runtime errors
• Module 2: Implement exception handling