Class of 2020 3A

Academic reps:

• Jasper Chapman-Black

• Bhavika Sharma

• ​Daniel Prilik 

EngSoc Reps:

• Mara Gagiu

• Spencer Dobrik

MathSoc Rep:

• Yang Lu

WEEF Rep:

• Matt D'Souza
• Arash Rai

MEF Rep:

• Matt D'Souza
• Arash Rai

Athletic Rep:

• Sarah MacLean

Yearbook Rep:

• Jing Li

Curriculum Rep:

• Jasper Chapman-Black

IMPORTANT NOTE: Students must normally fulfil the degree requirements described in the undergraduate calendar that is in effect at the time that they started the program. Most students in the class of 2020 need to fulfil the SE degree requirements described in the 2015-2016 calendar. The online calendar defaults to the most recent one, but you can select a different year in the top left of the web page. The SE director has given students in your class the option to choose to satisfy the SE degree requirements in the 2016-2017 calendar. Note that you must meet all of the requirements of whichever calendar you choose. The main differences between the 2016-2017 calendar and the 2015-2016 calendar are:

•         ATE lists “tightened up” i.e. more restrictive lists
•         1 ATE converted to an open elective
•         1 list C LE converted to an open elective
•         PD10 becomes mandatory
•         the communication LE list changed slightly

 If you wish to opt for the new (2016-2017) calendar, email                   se-advisor@uwaterloo.ca and ask them to update your calendar year  on seadvisor.uwaterloo.ca.

* Alternate weeks
** One hour seminar per week
*** lab is not scheduled and students are expected to find time in open hours to complete their work

Notes:

1. There are eleven electives. As detailed above, these electives must include four advanced technical electives, two science electives, and four linkage electives. For their remaining elective, students may choose to take any of an additional advanced technical elective, an additional science elective, any course from the complementary studies electives lists, a foreign-language linguistics or grammar course, BUS 111W, BUS 121W (see Wilfrid Laurier University calendar), COMM 400, or any other course approved by the SE Program Advisor. Advanced Technical Electives may not be taken before the 3A term; 400-level Advanced Technical Electives may not be taken before the 3B term.
2. Students enrolled in Software Engineering will only be permitted to use the WD and WF (see Grading System for descriptions) provisions used in the Faculty of Mathematics to withdraw from extra courses taken above and beyond the degree requirements.
3. Foreign-language courses must be approved by the SE advisor.
4. With the permission of the Program Advisor, ECE 358 may be swapped with a 3A or 3B technical elective if required as a prerequisite for an ATE.

Four Advanced Technical Electives (ATE):

The advanced technical electives comprise primarily fourth-year course offerings in CS or ECE. Students are advised to plan ahead when selecting ATEs. Most ATEs are not offered every term, and some ATEs have other ATEs as pre-requisites. Other courses may be approved by the Program Director. Courses offered by the Department of Systems Design Engineering require instructor consent.

One of the following CS courses (CS List):
CS 442 Principles of Programming Languages
CS 444 Compiler Construction
CS 448 Database Systems Implementation
CS 449 Human Computer Interaction
CS 450 Computer Architecture
CS 452 Real-time Programming
CS 454 Distributed Systems
CS 457 System Performance Evaluation
CS 458 Computer Security and Privacy
CS 473 Medical Image Processing
CS 484 Computational Vision
CS 485 Machine Learning: Statisticaland Computational Foundations
CS 486 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CS 488 Introduction to Computer Graphics
 

One of the following ECE courses (ECE list):
ECE 409 Cryptography and System Security
ECE 416 Higher Level Network Protocols
ECE 417 Image Processing
ECE 418 Communications Networks
ECE 423 Embedded Computer Systems 
ECE 429 Computer Structures
ECE 454 Distributed and Network Computing
ECE 455 Embedded Software 
ECE 457A Cooperative and Adaptive Algorithms
ECE 457B Fundamentals of Computational Intelligence
ECE 458 Computer Security
ECE 459 Programming for Performance
ECE 481 Digital Control Systems 
ECE 486 Robot Dynamics and Control
ECE 488 Multivariable Control Systems

One of

An additional course from the CS and ECE lists above

CO 487 Applied Cryptography
CS 462 Formal Languages and Parsing
CS 466 Algorithm Design and Analysis
CS 467 Introduction to Quantum Information Processing
CS 475 Computational Linear Algebra
CS 487 Introduction to Symbolic Computation
CS 489 Advanced Topics in Computer Science
CS 490 Information Systems Management
ECE 406 Algorithm Design and Analysis
SE 498 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering
SE 499 Project - students interested in SE 499 should contact the coordinator.
SYDE  533 Conflict Resolution
SYDE 575 Image  Processing

One of

An additional course from the ATE lists above 

CS 360 Introduction to the Theory of Computing
CS 365 Models of Computation
CS 370 Numerical Computation
CS 371 Introduction to Computational Mathematics 
ECE 207 Signals and Systems
ECE 224 Embedded Microprocessor Systems
ECE 327 Digital Hardware Systems
SYDE 348 User Centred Design Methods

Two Science Electives (SCE)
Normally these courses are in the natural sciences, chosen from the list below. Alternate courses may be chosen in consultation with the SE Program Advisors.

Science Elective Courses: BIOL 110, 130 (including 130L), 165, 239, 240, 273, CHE 161, CHEM 262 (including 262L), EARTH 121, 122, PHYS 234, 246, 263, 275, 334, 375, SCI 238, 250

Four Linkage Electives (LE)
At least one from each of the areas of Societal Issues, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Communications, as specified below. Students should be aware that these courses may have enrolment limits, or may not fit their schedules.

One course on Societal Issues: CS 492, Complementary Studies Elective List A

One course on Communication: ENGL 109, 119, 140R, 210E, 210F, SPCOM 100, 223, 324, 432

Two additional courses on Humanities and Social Sciences: Complementary Studies Elective List C