I started my undergrad in 2008. At the time, my department's intro sequence was C -> Java -> C++. Essentially, intro to programming -> intro to OOP -> data st

I started my undergrad in 2008. At the time, my department's intro sequence was C -> Java -> C++. Essentially, intro to programming -> intro to OOP -> data structures. After that, professors used whatever they wanted. Most electives let students use whatever language they wanted so long as it ran on the department's Linux machines and you provided build instructions for the professor. Scala became the intro language the year I graduated with C and C++ following for data structures. Other courses use everything from Scheme to Java to Haskell to Python, depending on the specific course the professor. My undergrad thesis mentor actually wrote an intro CS textbook using Scala and from what I hear it's worked quite well. http://www.programmingusingscala.net/ http://www.programmingusingscala.net/