2018-2019 Bachelor of Computer Science (Data Science) 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 348
- CS 350
- CS 340-398; 440-489
- CS 340-398; 440-498 or CS 6xx or CS 7xx or CO 487 or STAT 440
- CS 451
- CS 48x from List B⁵
- CS 4xx from List B⁵
0.5 Elective units

7.0 Math units
- MATH 1[34]5
- MATH 1[34]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
- STAT 330
- STAT 331
- STAT 341
- STAT 4xx from List A⁴
- STAT 4xx from List A⁴
5.0 Non-math units
- Communication list I¹
- Communication list II²

Additional Constraints

Two from List A:
- STAT 431
- STAT 440
- STAT 441
- STAT 442
- STAT 443
- STAT 444

Two from List B:
- CS 448
- CS 454
- CS 480
- CS 485
- CS 486

Non-math units that satisfy elective breadth and depth requirements:
- 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

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.

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.

³Courses from Communication List I does NOT satisfy the humanities (breadth) requirement. 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:

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

⁴ Must be two different courses. If STAT 440 taken from List A then replace with elective.

⁵ Must be satisfied by two different courses.

Source: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/current/programs/require/2018-2019/bcs_data.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.