Do colleges ever count Programming Languages as "foreign language" study?

Applying to College
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<p>I was wondering if any high schools allow a computer programming class to fulfill a second language requirement... or, specifically, if knowing computational skills in Java or some other computer language could be considered a second language skill.</p>

<p>For example, in our high school, they are mandating a third language, but I would like to put forth the argument that it is better for students to have two languages PLUS a computer language, rather than 3 traditional languages.</p>

<p>Am I off-base here?</p>

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<p>LOL this is a novel idea
but no.</p>

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<p>If only I could put a face palm picture on here…</p>

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<p>No. ten char.</p>

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<p>anne/pa: the goal for mandating acquiring human spoken/written languages is to facilitate better cross-cultural communication – not the improvement of technical skills.</p>