[kingcai]

I think it's really hard to think up of curriculum for a "programming" class. It'd be hard to standardize across different professors. Also while I do think that more programming experience would benefit most new grads, it's hard for me to say that it would be more beneficial than say better interpersonal working skills or even specialized knowledge.

FWIW at the uni I attended, projects were a huge part of some classes (usually ~50%) and there were some SWE specific classes where you learn best practices / tooling. You would need to be able to program in order to graduate. I feel like this is the norm and not the exception, but I may be wrong.

There were a lot of CS clubs at my school that hosted workshops and tried to teach people some of this stuff. Maybe you can find a club (or start one) at your school.