2018-2019 Joint Honours CS 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

6.0 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 440-489
- CS 440-489 or CS 499T
5.0 Non-math units
- Communication list I¹
- Communication list II²

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
5.5 Additional units

Additional Constraints

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

Satisfy the joint honours requirements of the other academic plan.

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 in Communication List II can satisfy both the Communication Skills Requirement and Humanities (breadth) Requirement so long as they are 1) not also in Communication List I; AND 2) are not (or cross-listed with) EMLS courses.

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