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Faculty of Engineering

Bachelor of Applied Science and Bachelor of Software Engineering Specific Degree Requirements
Complementary Studies Course Lists for Engineering

Requirements for all Engineering plans (Bachelor of Applied Science or Bachelor of Software Engineering) include the development of non-technical knowledge and skills to complement technical knowledge and skills. Specific Engineering plans refer to one or more of the following lists of courses that contain substantial complementary studies content:

List A: Impact of Technology and/or Engineering on Society

List B: Engineering Economics

List C: Humanities and Social Sciences (excluding courses concentrated on development of language or other skills)

List D: Humanities and Social Sciences (courses concentrated on development of language or other skills)

Notes

  1. In exceptional circumstances, academic advisors may deem a course that is not included in one of the lists below to be a reasonable fit for one or more of the lists. Normally such consideration will be given only for special topics or project courses where the advisor determines that the topic of the course or project is suitable, or in cases when students are returning from exchange, being offered advanced admission, transferring to Engineering from a non-Engineering plan, taking a secondary plan (e.g., a minor) that involves courses not normally available to Engineering students, or taking a course at another institution via a Letter of Permission.
  2. Rarely, plan requirements may stipulate that students in that plan are not permitted to count a certain course in List A, B, C, or D even though the course is included in one or more of the lists below. See individual plan requirements for details.
  3. Unless permitted otherwise in the individual plan requirements, a course that appears in more than one of the four lists below may be counted only once; for example, STV 100 may be counted as a List A course or a List C course, but not both.
  4. Access to most courses in the lists below is not controlled by Engineering, and successful enrolment is not guaranteed. Some courses may not be offered in the current academic year, scheduling conflicts may be unavoidable, the demand for some courses may be higher than can be accommodated, and enrolment in some courses requires instructor consent.
  5. Most upper-year courses have prerequisites or minimum expectations about student background. Students are responsible for ensuring that they meet the necessary prerequisites and background for all courses. 
  6. Some courses in List D are restricted to those who have a certain minimum or maximum background skill level (e.g., CHINA 101R is open only to students with little or no prior background in the Chinese language and MUSIC 111 is open only to students with minimal musical background). Students interested in one of these courses may be assessed by the department offering the course to determine if their background skill level is suitable, and on that basis the department has the right to refuse admission to, or grant credit for, courses.

Complementary Studies Course Lists

List A - Impact of Technology and/or Engineering on Society

List B - Engineering Economics

List C - Humanities and Social Sciences (excluding courses concentrated on development of language or other skills)

List D - Humanities and Social Sciences (courses concentrated on development of language or other skills)

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