2019-2020 BCS/Bioinformatics 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

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 482
- CS 440-489
- CS 440-498 or CS 499T or CS 6XX or CS 7XX or CO 487 or STAT 440
3.0 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
6.0 Non-math units
- Communication list I¹
- Communication list II²
- BIOL 130
- BIOL 130L
- BIOL 239
- BIOL 240
- BIOL 240L
- BIOL 309
- BIOL 365
- BIOL 465
- CHEM 120
- CHEM 120L
- CHEM 123
- CHEM 123L

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.

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_bio.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.