2015-2016 BCS/Business Option 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

7.5 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 340-398; 440-489
- CS 340-398; 440-489
- CS 340-398; 440-489
- CS 440-489
- CS 440-489
- CS 440-498 or CS 499T or CS 6xx or CS 7xx or CO 487 or STAT 440
4.0 Elective units

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

Additional constraints

Two of (CS breadth):
- One of CS 343, 349, 442, 444, 445, 446, 447, 450, 452, 454, 456, 457, 458
- One of CS 348, 448, 449, 473, 476, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 488
- One of CS 360, 365, 370, 371, 462, 466, 467, 475, 487
Two of:
- CS 348
- CS 454
- CS 490

Six of (business courses):
- ACTSC 231
- ACTSC 371
- ACTSC 372
- AFM 101 or 123 or ARBUS 102
- AFM 102
- AFM 131 or ARBUS 101 or BUS 111W
- ARBUS 302 or ECON 344
- BUS 121W
- BUS 362W
- BUS 481W
- BUS 491W
- COMM 400
- ECON 101
- ECON 102
- ECON 220
- HRM 200
- MSCI 211 or PSYCH 338
- MSCI 311
- MSCI 452

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, withdrawals, 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 2, PD 10, and a minimum of two other PD courses.

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

² Communication list II: At least 60% in one of: EMLS 103R, EMLS 104R, EMLS 110R, ENGL 101A, ENGL 101B, ENGL 108D, ENGL 119, ENGL 251A, SPCOM 225, SPCOM 227, SPCOM 228, or an additional course from the first list

Source: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/current/programs/require/2014-2015/bcs_bus.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.