TESU COS-111 (Introduction to programming) vs programming languages, watch out guys

[Merlin]

What about saylor's intro to computer science 1 or 2? Do you think either of those would qualify for intro to programming requirement?

Doubtful, but it depends on what TESU has in their own syllabus for the course I'm sure.

In my experience, an introduction to programming course is usually about introducing the concepts behind programming, not about actually writing code. They usually focus on things like logic, variables & data types, control structures, loops, functions, file I/O, etc. They may use an actual programming language (or mix of languages) for examples to demonstrate the concepts, but they may use pseudocode. For that type of course, it doesn't really matter. Once you've completed that course you should be ready to pick up most modern programming languages.