2019-2020 BCS/Software Engineering Specialization Checklist

Under Required Courses, fill in forty unique courses (20 units) that you have passed.
Verify that those courses also satisfy the Additional Constraints.

Required Courses

8.5 CS units
- CS 1[134]5
- CS 1[34]6
- CS 240
- CS 241
- CS 245
- CS 246
- CS 251
- CS 341
- CS 350
- CS 445
- CS 446
- CS 447
- CS 492
- CS 3XX from List A
- CS 3XX from List A
- CS 4XX from List B
- CS 4XX from List B
3.5 Math units
- Math 1[34]5
- Math 1[34]6
- Math 1[234]7
- Math 1[234]8
- Math 2[34]9
- Stat 2[34]0
- Stat 2[34]1

5.0 Non-math units
- Communication list I¹
- Communication list II²
3.0 Elective units

Additional Constraints

Seven (regular) or eight (co-op) terms enrolled in at least three courses totaling 1.5 units
No more than 2.0 units of failed courses
No more than 5.0 units of unusable course attempts (failures and repeats of passed courses)
CS major average of 60% or higher
Cumulative average of 60% or higher
Co-op requirements met, if applicable, including PD 1, PD 11, PD 10, and a minimum of two other PD courses

Additional Constraints

Two of List A:

CS 343
CS 348
CS 349

Two of List B:

CS 444
CS 448
CS 449
CS 450
CS 452
CS 454

CS 456
CS 457
CS 458
CS 484
CS 485
CS 486
CS 488

Non-Math units that satisfy breadth and depth requirement:
- All of (breadth):
  - 1.0 units from the humanities³
  - 1.0 units from the social sciences
  - 0.5 units from the pure sciences
  - 0.5 units from the pure and applied sciences
- One of (depth):
  - 1.5 units in the same subject area with at least 0.5 units at the 3rd year level or higher
  - 1.5 units with the same subject forming a prerequisite chain of length three

¹Communication List I: At least 60% in one of EMLS 101R, EMLS 102R, EMLS/ENGL 129R, ENGL 109, SPCOM 100, SPCOM 223.

²Communication List II: One of EMLS 103R, EMLS 104R, EMLS 110R, ENGL 108B, ENGL 108D, ENGL 119, ENGL 208B, ENGL 209, ENGL 210E, ENGL 210F, ENGL 378/MTHEL 300, SPCOM 225, SPCOM 227, SPCOM 228, or an additional course from the first list.

³ The following Communication courses from list II can be used to satisfy both the Communication list II requirement and 0.5 unit for the humanities (breadth) requirement (courses from Communication List I does NOT satisfy the humanities [breadth] requirement):

ENGL 108B, ENGL 108D, ENGL 119, ENGL 208B, ENGL 209, ENGL 210E, ENGL 210F, ENGL 378/MTHEL 300, SPCOM 225, SPCOM 227, SPCOM 228.

Source: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/current/programs/require/2019-2020/bcs_se.html

Disclaimer: This checklist is a handy tool, but it is not a substitute for the official degree regulations. If there is a question of interpretation or a discrepancy, the University Calendar always takes precedence.