Undergrad Programs

I have the ability to take course work for free (Military funded) from undergrad certifications to a masters degree.  I don't think I have the patience to acquire a masters, or even a bachelors degree in software engineering or computer science, so I'm looking at various undergraduate programs in the field.  I'm not looking for a job in the field, yet anyways.  I figure its a free way to get my feet wet in programming.  No I do not expect to become an EXPERT PROGRAMMER by taking on these courses.

My dillemma is that I can't find any undergrad programs designed around C or C++, most of them contain optional courses in the subjects though.  All of them contain at least some java (which, while I'm not against learning, I dislike java), and most of them are centered and based on java programming. 

TL;DR, Is it beneficial to learn java, when considering other practical languages?

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Don't mind him; he will GOOGLE his response to your post and will CTRL+C CTRL+V the first thing he finds without understanding it.  He doesn't realise implementation is not the same as application.

And no, Smalltalk is rarely used outside of educational purposes.

By the way, OP, LEARN SMALLTALK.