This document outlines the curriculum for a Java Programming course, including the rationale, competencies, outcomes, teaching scheme, course content, and suggested exercises. The course aims to teach object-oriented programming concepts using Java and prepare students to work as Java developers. Key topics covered include Java fundamentals, OOP concepts, building blocks like data types and operators, decision and control structures, classes and objects, inheritance, packages and interfaces, exceptions, multithreading, and file handling. Students will learn to develop software applications using Java and acquire skills like explaining OOP concepts, identifying exception handling methods, and developing multithreaded programs.