It was. After that series of courses most classes had students complete assignments in any language of their choosing, with the exception of obvious ones like the Java OO class or the C based networking class which was a direct successor to the initial C based class on *nix programming.

Related: Implementing networking stuff using raw sockets is fun!

I ended up with C, Ada, C++, Scheme, Java, C#, and PHP on my resume by the time I graduated.

Started my career on a compiler team! (see https://meanderingthoughts.hashnode.dev/how-microsoft-tested... for more info on my first job out of college!)