Many companies still use C because it is extremely fast and because it is close to the hardware. So, we introduce this path to give you twice as many chances to get a good job. You will be able to get a job EITHER as a C programmer or a Python Programmer when you finish this path.
For the first year you will concentrate on Python. Then for the second and third year you will spend half of the time on C and half on Python but you will be given lots of homework to do in C to catch up. It is a rather small language but it will take some work to get good at it.