Co-operative Education & Career Services

Study/Work Sequence

Plan (By Faculty)

Applied Health Sciences	S/S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	ž
Health Studies and Gerontology		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	•	4A	4B		4
Kinesiology		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		4
Recreation and Leisure Studies Majors: Business, Therapeutic		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		4

Arts	S/S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	ž
Accounting and Financial Management - Financial Management		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	3B	•	4A	•	4B			4
Accounting and Financial Management - Public Accounting		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	3A	•	3B	4A	•	•	4B	Ω	‡	4
Anthropology ⁶, Political Science ⁶, Psychology ⁶, Sociology ⁶		1A	1B	off	2A	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B			4
Arts and Business with Honours in: Anthropology, Classical Studies, Drama, Economics, English, Fine Arts, French, German, History, Legal Studies, Medieval Studies, Music, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Russian and East European Studies, Social Development Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Speech Communication The Human Resources Management Specialization is available with any of these Honours majors.		1A	1B	•≠	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		4
Arts and Business with Cultural Management Specialization		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2BΔ	•§	3A	•§	3B	•§	4A	•§	4B		4
Arts and Business with Digital Arts Communication Specialization		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2BΔ	•§	3A	•§	3B	•§	4A	•§	4B		4
Arts and Business with International Trade Specialization		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2BΔ	•§	3A	•§	3B	•§	•§	4A	4B		4
Computing and Financial Management		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		5
Economics (Applied) ⁷		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		4
English - Literature ⁷		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	•	4A	4B		4
English - Literature and Rhetoric ⁷		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	•	4A	4B		4
English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing ⁷		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		4

Engineering	S/S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	ž
Architecture ⁸		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	•	4A	•	4B	5
Chemical, Civil, Computer ⁹, Electrical ⁹, Management, Mechanical	8	1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		5
Chemical, Environmental, Geological, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Systems Design	4	1A	•	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	4B		5
Computer ⁹, Electrical ⁹	4S	1A	•	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	4A	•	4B		5
Nanotechnology	8S	1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	•	3A	3B	•	•	4A	4B		5
Software Engineering	8	1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		5

Environmental Studies	S/S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	ž
Environment and Business		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	•	4A	4B		4
Environment and Resource Studies		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	•	4A	4B		4
Geography		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		4
Geomatics		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		4
Planning		1A	1B	off	2A	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B			4

Mathematics	S/S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	ž
Actuarial Science, Actuarial Science/Finance Option, Applied Mathematics, Applied Mathematics/Biology Option, Applied Mathematics/Earth Sciences Option, Applied Mathematics/Economics Option, Applied Mathematics/Physics Option, Applied Mathematics with Engineering Electives, Combinatorics & Optimization, Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Science/Business Option, Computer Science/Digital Hardware Option, Computer Science/Software Engineering Option, Mathematical Finance, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics/Business Administration, Operations Research, Pure Mathematics, Pure Mathematics/Finance Option, Pure Mathematics with Electrical Engineering Electives, Scientific Computation/Applied Mathematics, Statistics ¹¹	a	1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		5
	b	1A	1B	•	2A	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	•	4B		5
	c	1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	•	4B	5
	d	1A	1B	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	•	4B		5
Bioinformatics		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		5
Business Administration and Mathematics (Double Degree)		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	3A	•	3B	4A	4B	•	5A	5B		4
											•	4A	4B	•	5A	5B
											4A	•	4B	•	5A	5B
Chartered Accountancy		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	3A	•	3B	4A	•	•	4B	Ω	‡	4
Computing and Financial Management		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		5
Mathematics/Teaching Option ¹⁰		1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	3A	•†	3B	+	+	4A	•†	4B		4
Mathematics/Teaching Option ¹⁰		1A	1B	2A	•	2B	3A	•†	3B	•	+	+	4A	4B	•†		4
Software Engineering	8	1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B		5
Three-Year General	a	1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B						4
	b	1A	1B	•	2A	2B	•	3A	•	•	3B						4
	c	1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	•	3B					4
	d	1A	1B	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	•	3B						4

Science	S/S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	F	W	S	ž
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology/Economics, Chemistry, Computational Science, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Science and Business		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	•	4A	4B		4
Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	3A	•	•	3B	4A	•	4B	Ω	‡	4
Physics, Mathematical Physics, Computational Science/Physics		1A	1B	off	2A	•	2B	•	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	4B		4
Psychology ⁶		1A	1B	off	2A	2B	•	3A	•	3B	•	4A	•	4B			4
School of Pharmacy			1A	1B	•	2A	•	2B	•	3A	•	3B	4A				4

Legend
S/S	Sequence/Stream Engineering plans: 8=Stream 8, 4=Stream 4; 8S, 4S=Special sequencing of terms Mathematics plans: Sequence a, b, c, d	•	Denotes work term
F,W,S	Terms: F=September-December; W=January-April; S=May-August	off	Denotes a term in which students are not registered at UW for classes and are not on a co-op work term
1,2,3,4,5 plus A or B	Denotes academic year and term	+	Faculty of Education component
⁶	Admission to Co-op occurs by January for the 2B term.	§	Specialization work term
⁷	Admission to Co-op is based on Year One academic results (marks) and occurs in late May or early June.	†	Teaching work term
⁸	Although Co-op begins in 2A, admission is made at the time of the initial application to the University.	Δ	Point of admission to specialization
⁹	The streaming for Electrical and Computer Engineering varies depending on demand.	ž	Minimum number of credited work terms required for graduation (4 credited work reports are also required for graduation for all Co-op students). An employer evaluation is required for each work term students undertake.
¹⁰	Students seeking admission to Mathematics/Teaching must normally have satisfactorily completed two work terms in another Co-op Math program.	≠	Students admitted to Arts and Business Winter Co-op will not have a Co-op work term following 1B.
¹¹	In order to access courses in appropriate terms, students in some plans may be required to modify their sequence when admitted to these plans after 1B.	Ω	Anticipated continuation beyond the Bachelor degree into the one-term Diploma in Accounting or the first term of the two-term Master of Accounting (MAcc) portion of the five-year integrated Accounting plan.
		‡	Second term of the two-term Master of Accounting (MAcc) portion of the five-year integrated Accounting plan.

Office of the Registrar
University of Waterloo
2nd Floor, Needles Hall
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519 888 4567