programming languages seletec unis

So as I am looking to do computer science in university. I have been trying to find what programming languages we are taught and in a bunch of unis I am interested in. Most of the unis dont even say what programming languages are taught and I am really curious. The unis I am looking at are hertfordshire, greenwich, kingston, goldsmith and westminisiter. Most just say advanced programming but thats it. Would be interested what language we learn as it could widen my job opportunities after uni. Need help finding that info or if someone has done that course at one of those unis please tell me what languages you learn.

Best you contact them directly and ask.

I'll tag the unis which have active reps on this forum and hopefully they can find out for you

@University of Hertfordshire @Kingston University @University of Westminster@Goldsmiths, University of London


To be honest, no university is going to teach you a language well enough for you to get a job. Most of your programming skills will be developed in your own time through personal projects.

So as I am looking to do computer science in university. I have been trying to find what programming languages we are taught and in a bunch of unis I am interested in. Most of the unis dont even say what programming languages are taught and I am really curious. The unis I am looking at are hertfordshire, greenwich, kingston, goldsmith and westminisiter. Most just say advanced programming but thats it. Would be interested what language we learn as it could widen my job opportunities after uni. Need help finding that info or if someone has done that course at one of those unis please tell me what languages you learn.

It's great to see you're thinking of Kingston for your degree. unfortunately I'm a law student and won't be able to answer your question immediately. I will however speak to a programming student and will let you know which type of programming is taught here at Kingston Uni.

- KU rep and 2nd year Law Student

Hi there

I have just checked with the Computing course team here at Westminster and they have confirmed the following:

The programme languages you will be taught are:

Python, Java, C#. Then depending on options C,C++, Swift, Android (Java).

Core Scripting languages are:
php
Javascript

Please get in touch with us again if you require further clarification.

Best wishes

Kim
Course Enquiries Team

So as I am looking to do computer science in university. I have been trying to find what programming languages we are taught and in a bunch of unis I am interested in. Most of the unis dont even say what programming languages are taught and I am really curious. The unis I am looking at are hertfordshire, greenwich, kingston, goldsmith and westminisiter. Most just say advanced programming but thats it. Would be interested what language we learn as it could widen my job opportunities after uni. Need help finding that info or if someone has done that course at one of those unis please tell me what languages you learn.

I think you've slightly missed Blue_Cow's point here. Specifically the part about how most of the learning is done in your own time.

A single uni module should take 200 hours. Let's be optimistic and say you spend the full 200 hours on a programming module, for which half that time is actually spent programming. So 100 hours for a module. To master a skill, it's said you have to put 10,000 hours in. Granted you don't need to master programming to get a job, but those 100 hours equate to a mere 1%. In reality, you'll probably be spending less time on your modules, and a lot of the stuff you learn is mostly transferable knowledge (what's a variable, what's a loop, etc.). The actual "learning of a language" part is tiny.

You should not be choosing a uni based purely on what language they teach you. If you want to learn a C based language, you will need to be doing that in your own time. Even if it's covered in the degree, you need to be putting in a lot of your own hours. Also worth noting, C doesn't inherently improve job prospects. It makes you more useful in C jobs, but there are a number of other valuable languages. Even if a uni isn't teaching a C language, they're probably teaching a language that holds value like Python or Java. You won't be taught random obscure languages and the skills you do learn are transferable. In most cases the language you learn doesn't matter, because the programming skills transfer between languages.

@Kingston University Hi, have you found out what coding languages you are taught in kingston uni for cs?

@Kingston University Hi, have you found out what coding languages you are taught in kingston uni for cs?

At Greenwich: first year , we do Python, Java as separate modules, and C and Assembly, a bit of Unix scripting and a bit of SQL as part of other modules. Second year, apart from JavaScript, i am not sure just yet. Depends highly on the course option.