2016-2017 BMath(Computer Science)/Human-Computer Interaction 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 349
- CS 350
- CS 360 or 365
- CS 370 or 371
- CS 449
- CS 440-489
- CS 492
1.5 Elective units

4.5 Math units
- MATH 1[34]5
- MATH 1[034]6
- MATH 1[234]7
- MATH 1[234]8
- MATH 2[34]5
- MATH 2[34]7
- MATH 2[34]9
- STAT 2[34]0
- STAT 2[34]1
1.5 Additional Math units¹
5.0 Non-math units
- Communication list I²
- Communication list II³

Additional Constraints

Two of:
- CS 445
- CS 446
- CS 447
- CS 454
- CS 458
- CS 484
- CS 485
- CS 488

Two of:
- ENGL 108D
- ENGL 293
- ENGL 295
- FINE 150
- FINE 257
- INTEG 251
- KIN 320
- PSYCH 207
- PSYCH 261
- STAT 332
- STAT 430

Non-math units that satisfy one of:
- Elective breadth and depth requirement:
  - All of (breadth):
    - 1.0 units from the humanities⁴
    - 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
- 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 11, PD 10, and a minimum of two other PD courses.

¹ Three additional courses labeled ACTSC, AMATH, CO, PMATH, STAT, excluding the following:

Courses with requisites normally excluding Honours CS students
Courses cross-listed with a CS course
Courses explicitly listed in CS major plans as alternatives to CS courses
Readings and Topics courses
ACTSC 221, CO 353, CO 380, CO 480

² Communication list I: At least 60% in one of: EMLS 101R, EMLS 102R, EMLS/ENGL 129R, ENGL 109, SPCOM 100, SPCOM 223

³ Communication list II: One of: EMLS 103R, EMLS 104R, EMLS 110R, ENGL 101B, ENGL 108D, ENGL 119, ENGL 209, ENGL 210E, ENGL 210F, ENGL 251A, SPCOM 225, SPCOM 227, SPCOM 228, or an additional course from the first list

⁴ The following Communication courses from list II can be used to satisfy both the Communications Skills Requirement and Humanities (breadth) Requirement:

ENGL 101B, ENGL 108D, ENGL 119, ENGL 209, ENGL 210E, ENGL 210F, ENGL 251A, SPCOM 225, SPCOM 227, SPCOM 228

Source: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/current/programs/require/2016-2017/bmath.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.