<p>I have listed my major as Electrical Engineering, and I was just wondering what programming language they use within the college of engineering. Do they use C programming by any chance?</p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
<p>You use C and an assembly language for a little computer in the intro computer programming class in the ECE department.</p>
<p>MATLAB, VHDL, and C++ are other languages used in the required coursework.</p>
<p>All right thanks! So they do not use Java at all?</p>
<p>(I ask because I’m teaching myself C to get ahead of the game, and I’m trying to figure out what is the next language I should take a look at when I’m done (if I get done) with C.)</p>
<p>None of the required EE courses have you programming in Java. Java’s a language often used for writing huge software applications, which is more of a CS thing. </p>
<p>If you want to learn a general purpose language similar to Java, C++ is a good choice. It’s a lot like C, but it gives you more features that are useful if you are coding a huge software project. It is also the language used in the university’s data structures course.</p>
<p>But if you aren’t really interested in being a software dude, I’d look into learning MATLAB or Mathematica next. Both are good languages for doing math and creating plots (things of which you’ll be doing a lot of in engineering). Both have their strengths. Mathematica is better at doing symbolic math, and MATLAB is better at numeric calculations. </p>
<p>The only problem is that copies of either of those programs cost some serious dough when you don’t have access to the student licenses. If you are intent on learning MATLAB before college, you could try GNU Octave. Its language is almost the same as MATLAB and it’s free.</p>
<p>Ah okay. I’ll look into C++ then.</p>
<p>Hm…maybe I’ll try to obtain those two programs before I get into college.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info!</p>