Students pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) or Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) degree may enrol in as many as three academic plans, subject to the limitations specified below. Students must enrol in at least one such plan. Multiple-plan combinations sometimes require more than 40 courses (20.0 units) and/or more than the customary eight study terms to satisfy all of the various plan requirements.
Enrolment is restricted to at most three potential academic plans. These plans must appear in a predetermined order as prescribed below, and they are denoted as plan 10, plan 20, and plan 30 respectively.
All of the requirements of this section also apply to the set of plans that appear on a student’s diploma, convocation program, and transcript. If a graduating student has met all the requirements for more than three plans, then for each plan after the third one, text will be added to the student’s transcript to reflect the additional plans.
Note: The rules in this section do not apply to Math students seeking a BCFM, BSc, or BSE degree. For plan combination rules for these degree plans, please consult the relevant plan sections of the calendar.
Eligible Plan Categories (in plan-sequencing priority order – top highest, bottom lowest)
- “Stand-Alone” Math Faculty Honours plans
- Math Faculty Joint Honours plans
- External Joint Honours plans in other faculties
- Math Faculty minors or options
- External minors or options in other faculties
Plan 10 is required and must be either a Stand-Alone or Math Joint plan. However, if plan 10 is a Math Joint plan, then plan 20 must be a Stand-Alone or Math Joint plan.
If plan 10 is a BCS Joint plan, then plan 20 must be a Math or External Joint plan. If plan 10 is a BMath Joint plan, then plan 20 must be a Math Joint plan.
A graduating student will receive a BMath degree if plan 10 is a BMath plan, and will receive a BCS degree if plan 10 is a BCS plan.
Restrictions on Plan Sequencing Order for Multiple-Plan Combinations
The BBA/BMath Double Degree plan, any Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy plan, or any BCS plan may only appear as plan 10, overriding any other ordering criteria for plan sequencing outlined below.
Restrictions on Multiple-Plan Combinations
- A Stand-Alone BMath plan may not be combined with any BCS plan.
- A double honours in Computational Mathematics and Computer Science has additional restrictions, and must be approved by advisors of both academic plans.
- With the exception of Mathematical Finance which can be combined with another Actuarial Science plan and/or another Pure Mathematics plan, each Math Faculty plan in the combination must be chosen from a different group of plans on the following list:
All plans offered by Actuarial Science
All plans offered by Applied Mathematics
All plans offered by Combinatorics and Optimization (including Mathematical Optimization - Operations Research Specialization and Mathematical Optimization - Business Specialization)
All plans offered by Computational Mathematics
All plans offered by Computer Science
All plans offered by Pure Mathematics
All plans offered by Statistics
All Math/Business plans other than Mathematical Economics (refer to “Academic/Plans" for complete list)
Mathematical Economics
Mathematics/Teaching
Mathematical Studies
Specific Invalid Multiple-Plan Combinations
| Plan |
Explanation |
| BBA/BCS or BBA/BMath with Double Degree plans |
Any plan similar to one appearing on the student's WLU academic record transcript |
BCS/Business Option or BMath (Computer Science)/Business Option
|
A minor or option in Economics, Human Resources Management, or Management Studies
|
Any Bioinformatics plan
|
Any other plan offered by the Biology Department |
| Applied Mathematics/Biology Option |
Any plan offered by the Biology Department |
Applied Mathematics/Earth Sciences Option
|
Any plan offered by the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department |
Applied Mathematics/Economics Option
|
Any plan offered by the Economics Department |
Applied Mathematics/Physics Option
|
Any plan offered by the Physics Department |
Information Technology Management
|
A minor in Computer Science
|
Mathematical Economics
|
Any other plan offered by the Economics Department |
Mathematical Physics
|
Any other plan offered by the Physics Department |
Mathematical Studies (with or without a Business Specialization)
|
Any other Stand-Alone or Math Joint plan |
Mathematical Studies/Business Specialization
|
A Management Studies Option or Minor |
Scientific Computation/Applied Mathematics
|
Any plan offered by Computer Science or by Computational Mathematics |