I started in CS which is exactly how the Dan describes the courses. After 2 years of wondering why I hated my computer classes, I switched to CPT. I was saved.
This curriculum had classes that made sense. The freshman classes were basic, writing reports from a database. I’m dating myself in COBOL. By the time I graduated they switched to Delphi and VB for freshman classes, I think they use Java and .Net today. Other classes they taught freshmen were Word, Excel and Access. Nice to know that your future IT department would know how to use a word processor. In Junior and Senior level classes the classes focused in SQL databases, Network Design and Application design creating Data Diagrams and ERDs. My senior classes I was taking a class in VB3. My first job I was using VB and Oracle.