Software Engineering admission requirements for British Columbia (BC) high school students

Program requirements

  • English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • Pre-Calculus 12 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • Calculus 12 or AP Calculus -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • Chemistry 12 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • Physics 12 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required

There are supplementary information forms, including the Admission Information Form, and An online interview which are required for admission. We'll email you detailed instructions once we receive your application.

Applicants to Software Engineering are required to have experience in a programming course (such as Grade 11 or 12 computing and/or information science or equivalent) or self-study and a demonstrated interest in solving open problems, debugging code, testing code, and learning new software languages. You'll be able to tell us about your programming experience as part of the online interviews.

Admission average

Individual selection from the low to mid-90s.

Recommended high school courses

Computer Science 11 and 12 are helpful background for your studies; however, it will not impact your likelihood of admission if you choose not to take these courses.

General requirements

  • High school diploma with six Grade 12 academic courses.
  • With the exception of Economics 12 and Financial Accounting 12, subjects from the Applied Design, Skills and Technology (ADST) curriculum do not count toward the six academic courses required for admission.
  • When it becomes available, upload a transcript with your second semester mid-term marks as soon as possible. While BC will automatically send your marks electronically, they will not arrive in time for you to be considered for admission.

Notes

  • You need to provide an English language test score if your four most recent years of full-time education have not been in an English language school system.
  • Required courses that are two to three years old may need to be updated. Email the admissions office for further details.

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