SE vs CS

Waterloo SE vs CS

Courses Left

SE - 18 courses (not including design project)

• CS 349 User Interfaces
• SE 465 Software Testing and Quality Assurance - BAD
• SE 464 Software Design and Architectures - BAD
• SE 463 Software Requirements Specification and Analysis - BAD
• SE 380 Introduction to Feedback Control - HARD
• CS 341 Algorithms
• MATH 213 Signals, Systems, and Differential Equations
• SE 350 Operating Systems
• CS 343 Concurrent and Parallel Programming
• ECE 358 Computer Networks
• 3 Advanced Technical Electives
• 2 Science Electives
• 1 Humanities Elective
• 2 More Electives
• Design project stuff (not counted)

CS - 17 courses (could be 15 with design project courses)

• STAT 230
• CS 350 Operating Systems
• CS 341 Algorithms
• CS 343 Concurrent and Parallel Programming
• ECE 358 Computer Networks (for depth)
• 3 more CS courses
• 1 Communication
• 1 Humanities
• 2 Social Science
• 5 More electives

Interesting courses

• ECE 231 LAB,LEC,TUT 0.50 - Semiconductor Physics and Devices (Science Elective)
• ECE 405 or Phys 233 LEC,TUT 0.50 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Science Elective, Depth)
• BIOL 487 LEC,TUT 0.50 - Computational Neuroscience (ATE)
• BIOL 280 LEC,TUT 0.50 - Introduction to Biophysics
• CS 479 Neural Networks (ATE)
• CS 480 Introduction to Machine Learning (ATE)
• CS 484 Computational Vision (ATE)
• CS 486 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (ATE)
• CS 458 - Computer security and Privacy (ATE)
• ECE 495 LAB,LEC,TUT 0.50 - Autonomous Vehicles (ATE, Can’t take if not in SE)
• ECE 486 LAB,LEC,TUT 0.50 - Robot Dynamics and Control (ATE)
• MTE 544 Autonomous Mobile Robots (ATE)
• SCI 238 LEC 0.50 - Introductory Astronomy (Bird, Science)
• CLAS 104 - Greek Mythology (Bird, Humanities)
• CS 493 and 494 - Design Project course
• MTE 220 - Sensors and instrumentation (can I take this?)
• CO 487 - Applied cryptography (ATE)

Questions

• Can I switch my stream similar to harguns?
• Will it be more difficult to get into courses than in SE?
• Does INTEG 120 count for any of my requirements? I think it should.
• Can I take ECE courses or MTE courses in my interesting courses if I’m in CS?
• Can I take CS 493 and CS 494 in non-consecutive terms?
• how does paying tuition work?

Labs

• Computational Neuroscience Research Group
• WATERLOO ENGINEERING BIONICS LAB

todo

• email michelle smith about math courses
• email cs-advisors@uwaterloo.ca for cs course questions + integ + ece 192
• coop questions - coop-math@uwaterloo.ca