Advanced Java: OOP, Modules, Careers

This unit deepens students’ object-oriented Java skills by covering reference types, access control (public/private/protected), inheritance, packages/modules, import declarations, and basic GUI class creation. It also prepares learners for ongoing professional development by introducing developer communities, news/resources, job-search strategies, and plans for lifelong learning in software development.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze and explain the differences between Java reference types and primitives, and demonstrate how operators and expressions create and modify values in code examples.
• Apply access modifiers (public, private, protected, and package-private), encapsulation, and inheritance to design classes and member visibility that enforce intended access and reuse.
• Demonstrate the use of import declarations, packages, modules, and a basic Java GUI class (e.g., a simple Swing/JavaFX window) in a small integrated program.
• Evaluate professional growth and career resources by creating a personal plan that identifies relevant user groups, news sources, learning resources, and concrete next steps for job search and continued developer learning.