Three-Year General vs. Four-Year Honours Academic Plans
The Faculty of Mathematics offers a variety of four-year Honours plans and a three-year General program. The Honours plans are more demanding than the General program, with regard to both mathematical content and the number of courses required.
Students are normally admitted into an Honours plan in their first year. In subsequent years, students who wish to pursue a less intensive plan of study or who are unable to meet the requirements of an Honours plan may transfer to the three-year General program.
Co-op vs. Regular
Most of the Faculty's plans are available in both the Regular (conventional September to April academic year) and Co-operative (alternating four-month academic and work terms) systems of study. Plans that are offered only for Co-op students are explicitly indicated in the list of plans below.
Students in the Regular system of study normally take courses during the Fall and Winter terms.
Honours BMath Academic Plans
The Faculty offers the following Honours plans leading to a BMath degree through the five departments:
Actuarial Science
Actuarial Science/Finance Option
Applied Mathematics
Applied Mathematics/Economics Option
Applied Mathematics with Engineering Electives (Co-operative only)
Applied Mathematics/Physics Option
Combinatorics and Optimization
Computational Mathematics
Computer Science
Computer Science/Business Option
Computer Science/Digital Hardware Option (Co-operative only)
Mathematical PhysicsOperations Research
Pure Mathematics/Finance Option
Pure Mathematics with Electrical Engineering Electives
Pure Mathematics/Teaching Option (Co-operative only)
Scientific Computation/Applied Mathematics
Statistics
A subcommittee of Combinatorics and Optimization, Computer Science, and Statistics and Actuarial Science administers the following plans leading to a BMath degree:
Mathematics/Business Administration - Economics Option
Mathematics/Business Administration - Finance Option
Mathematics/Business Administration - Human Resources Management Option
Mathematics/Business Administration - Systems Management Option
Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy - Actuarial Science Option (Co-operative only)
Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy - Finance Option (Co-operative only)
Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy - Information Systems Management Option (Co-operative only)
Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy - Operations Research Option (Co-operative only)
The Dean's Office administers the following two plans leading to a BMath degree:
Mathematics/Teaching Option (Co-operative only)
Mathematical Sciences
Honours BCS Academic Plans
Through the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, the Faculty offers the following Honours plans leading to a BCS degree:
Computer Science
Computer Science/Bioinformatics Option (Co-operative only)
Computer Science/Business Option
Computer Science/Digital Hardware Option (Co-operative only)
Computer Science/Software Engineering Option
Double Degree Academic Plan
The School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo (UW) offer the following plan which leads to a BBA Honours degree from WLU and a BMath Honours degree from UW.
Business Administration and Mathematics (Co-operative only)
Honours BSc Academic Plans
The Faculty of Science and the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science offer the following Honours plans leading to a BSc degree:
Honours Bioinformatics (Co-operative only)
Honours Biology and Bioinformatics (Co-operative only)
Honours Computer Science and Financial Management
The BCFM Steering Committee administers this program which leads to the BCFM degree. The committee consists of faculty from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science in the Faculty of Mathematics and the School of Accountancy in the Faculty of Arts.
Computer Science and Financial Management (Co-operative only)
Honours Software Engineering
The Software Engineering Program Board administers this program, which leads to the BSE degree. The board consists of faculty from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science in the Faculty of Mathematics and from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.
Software Engineering (Co-operative only)
Three-Year General Program
The Dean's Office administers this program.