I think this says more about your college/university than CS education in general. I have a BS in comp sci, and I had to write functioning code in almost every

I think this says more about your college/university than CS education in general. I have a BS in comp sci, and I had to write functioning code in almost every computer class I took. (The only exception being one A.I. course that was cross-listed with philosophy, and even there I used automata in my final paper.)