Degree planning and enhancement

Degree planning

The current requirements for completing a Bachelor of Software Engineering (including including Complementary Studies Electives, Technical Electives and Professional Development courses) are listed in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Students admitted in a prior year can find their degree requirements in the Academic Calendar Archives.

Degree enhancement

In addition to receiving a professional engineering degree, Waterloo Engineering offers several ways for you to further enhance your degree and gain valuable experience.

Options

Options are intended to provide you with a path to expand your degree and are a specified combination of courses that provide a secondary emphasis in another subject or a career-oriented area. As a Software Engineering student you may be interested in: an Artificial Intelligence Option, a Biomechanics Option or an Entrepreneurship Option.

Specializations

A specialization is intended to formally recognize on your diploma a focused selection of elective courses within Software Engineering.