Using Georgia Tech as an example, the two classes mentioned are the introductory courses for industrial engineers and business majors. The article excludes the introductory course for CS majors (1331) which is taught in Java and the introductory course for most engineers (1371) which is taught in Matlab .

>the introductory course for most engineers (1371) which is taught in Matlab .

A fair point of warning is that, having been at Georgia Tech 2008-2011, most of my friends in engineering and physics freshman year hated CS 1371, and spent many a late weeknight complaining about Matlab. The common wisdom, often picked up too late, was that engineering students would have a better time if they switched into the Python course, iirc CS 1301.

For my part, I had placed out with AP credit, but took CS 2110 using a combination of LogicWorks (circuits), LC-3 assembler and C. I thought it was awesome; that course is probably the reason I have my current job, but many of my friends never considered taking another CS course, or only did so several years later, because they hated Matlab so much.

In my experience: ask any Computer Science professor interested in undergraduate education whether engineers should take an intro course using Matlab or Python, and they'll always say Python.

Ask any non-CS Engineering professor interested in engineering undergraduate education whether engineers should take an intro course using Matlab or Python, and they'll always say Python.

This argument seems pervasive across many institutions.