Career Outlook
Your New Career
The World Wide Web grows larger every day, and with it grow opportunities for Java™ Programmers. When it comes to making web pages vibrant and interesting through Java™ animations, you'll have the skills for the job.
- Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as four months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
- Start with a basic working knowledge of your computer and operating system and you can learn everything you need to know for a moneymaking career in programming!
- Start your own business. Work part-time from home, or work full-time helping firms attract attention on the Web.
Your New Salary
The annual average earnings of computer programmers is $69,000, but skilled and experienced professionals can earn more.*
Employers will continue to need programmers who have strong technical skills and who understand an employer's business and its programming needs. This will mean that programmers will need to keep up with changing programming languages and techniques. Apply the skills you learn in your training program diligently for a successful and secure future.
Your New Skills
You'll learn every important part of being a Java™ Programmer.
- Programming with Java.™ Work with object-oriented programming concepts, using the Java™ language to create programs, interfaces, and applications
- Creating methods, classes and objects
- Advanced Object Concepts
- Input, Selection, and Repetition
- Arrays, Strings, Applets, and Graphics
- Advanced Inheritance Concepts , The Abstract Windows Toolkit
- Using Layout Managers and the Event Model
- Multithreading and Animation
*All salary information is based on the "Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition," a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor. Individual student earnings vary based on experience.