Class of 2021 4A

Class reps

Class rep meetings

Degree Requirements 

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

2016 - 2017 Course sequence

1A Fall

2016

CS 137 Programming Principles 3 1 2
ECE 105 Physics of Electrical Engineering 1 3 1 0
ECE 140 Linear Circuits 3 2 1
MATH 115 Linear Algebra for Engineering 3 2 0
MATH 117 Calculus 1 for Engineering 3 2 0
SE 101 Introduction to Methods of Software Engineering** 1 0 2

1B Winter

2017

SE 102 Seminar 1 0 0
CS 138 Introduction to Data Abstraction and Implementation 3 1 2
ECE 106 Physics of Electrical Engineering 2 3 1 1.5
ECE 124 Digital Circuits and Systems 3 1 1.5
MATH 119 Calculus 2 for Engineering 3 2 0
MATH 135 Algebra for Honours Mathematics 3 1 0

2A Fall

2017 

SE 201 Seminar 1 0 0
CHE 102 Chemistry for Engineers 3 2 0
CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs 3 1 2
ECE 222 Digital Computers 3 1 3*
SE 212 Logic and Computation 3 1 0
STAT 206 Statistics for Software Engineering (see note 5) 3 1 0
Communication Elective (see note 6) 3 + +

2B Spring

2018

SE 202 Seminar 1 0 0
CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management 3 0 3
CS 247 Software Engineering Principles *** 3 1 3
MSCI 261 Engineering Economics:  Financial Management for Engineers 3 1 0
MATH 213 Advanced Mathematics for Software Engineers 3 1 0
MATH 239 Introduction to Combinatorics 3 1 0
Elective (see note 1) 3 + +
WKRPT 200 Work-term Report
TPM 000 CR/NCR

3A Winter

2019

SE 301 Seminar 1 0 0
CS 341 Algorithms 3 0 3
CS 349 User Interfaces *** 3 0 1
SE 350 Operating Systems 3 1 1.5
SE 465 Software Testing and Quality Assurance *** 3 1 3
Elective (see note 1) 3 + +

3B Fall

2019 

SE 302 Seminar 1 0 0
CS 343 Concurrent and Parallel Programming 3 0 3
CS 348 Introduction to Database Management 3 0 0
SE 380 Introduction to Feedback Control 3 1 1.5
SE 390 Design Project Planning *** 2 0 2
SE 464 Software Design and Architectures *** 3 1 3
Elective (see note 1) 3 + +
WKRPT 300 Work-term Report

4A Spring

2020

SE 401 Seminar 1 0 0
ECE 358 Computer Networks  3 1 1.5
SE 463 Software Requirements Specification and Analysis *** 3 1 3
SE 490 Design Project 1 *** 2 0 9
Two Electives (see notes 1 and 2) 3 + +
WKRPT 400 Work-term Report 

4B Winter

2021

SE 402 Seminar 1 0 0
SE 491 Design Project 2 *** 2 0 2
Five Electives (see notes 1 and 2) 3 + +

* 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 three advanced technical electives, two science electives, and three linkage electives. For their remaining three electives, students may choose to take additional courses from the elective lists above or any other 0.5 credit course for which they meet the requisites. Advanced Technical Electives may not be taken before the 3A term.
  2. Students may choose to take three electives in 4A and four electives in 4B, instead of two in 4A and five in 4B. 
  3. 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.
  4. With the permission of the Program Advisor, ECE 358 may be taken in 3A or 3B and replaced with a technical elective in 4A if required as a prerequisite for an ATE.
  5. Students may replace STAT 206 and one of their unrestricted electives with the combination of STAT 230 and STAT 231.
  6. The Linkage elective on Communication is normally taken in the 2A term. It must be completed with a grade of at least 60% prior to enrolling in the 3A term.

Advanced technical electives (ATEs)

Three Advanced Technical Electives (ATE):

The advanced technical electives comprise 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 prerequisites. Other courses may be approved by the Program Director.

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 462 Formal Languages and Parsing
CS 466 Algorithm Design and Analysis  

CS 480  Introduction to Machine Learning 
CS 484 Computational Vision 
CS 485 Statistical and Computational Foundations of Machine Learning 
CS 486 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence  
CS 487 Introduction to Symbolic Computation  
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 Architecture
ECE 454 Distributed 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

An additional course from the CS and ECE lists above

Science electives

Linkage electives

Three 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 492Complementary Studies Elective List A

One course on Communication:
ENGL 109ENGL 129R/EMLS 129R, EMLS 101R, EMLS 102R, SPCOM 100, SPCOM 223

One additional course on Humanities and Social Sciences:
Complementary Studies Elective List C


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