High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sun Certified Professional (SCP) is a professional certification program by Sun Microsystems, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation. It is meant to verify a particular skillset in Sun technologies, especially the Java programming language and the Solaris Operating System. The Sun Certified Java Associate (or SCJA), concentrates on basic knowledge of object oriented programming, UML, and the essentials of the Java programming language and platform. It costs approximately $300. It is targeted at newcomers to Java who are not necessarily working in technical positions, such as project managers, students, or developers for whom Java is not a primary requirement.