[carise]

Yes, programming courses get better and more interesting. The interesting ones aren't usually called "programming classes" -- they are usually some kind of theory or design classes that make you solve problems and build stuff. Maybe you can find something on Coursera or these other online courses where there is programming involved, but it's not the emphasis of the class. I am pretty sure when you take a class that challenges you, it will really whet your appetite for more.

I know UC Berkeley has a lot of their CS class pages online. You can check it out and see what kind of stuff they teach.

http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/classes-eecs.html

[diericx]

That page is amazing...I had no idea universities had so many courses!! So many of them look so interesting!