This document outlines the objectives and content of an IT course on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and web services. The course covers fundamentals of XML, an overview of SOA and web services, web service standards and technologies, and service oriented analysis and design. Specific topics include XML document structure, SOA characteristics and principles, web services platforms, WSDL, SOAP, UDDI, orchestration, WS extensions, SOA delivery strategies, service modeling, and a case study. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of SOA and the ability to develop SOA-based applications.