Co-op in Software Engineering (B.Eng.)

141–144 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Year 0 Courses (25 credits)

Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs may be granted transfer credit for Year 0 courses For information on transfer credit for French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate exams, Advanced Placement exams, Advanced Levels, and Science Placement Exams, see http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate/new-stud... and select your term of admission.

  • CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter

Required Non-Departmental Courses (35 credits)

  • COMP 202 Foundations of Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 251 Algorithms and Data Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 302 Programming Languages and Paradigms (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 360 Algorithm Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 421 Database Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FACC 100 Introduction to the Engineering Profession (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 250 Responsibilities of the Professional Engineer (0 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 300 Engineering Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • FACC 400 Engineering Professional Practice (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 240 Discrete Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 262 Intermediate Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 263 Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • WCOM 206 Communication in Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Required Software Engineering Courses (58 credits)

  • ECSE 200 Electric Circuits 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 201 Co-operative Work Term 1 (2 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 205 Probability and Statistics for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 211 Design Principles and Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 222 Digital Logic (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 223 Model-Based Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 250 Fundamentals of Software Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 301 Co-operative Work Term 2 (2 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 310 Thermodynamics of Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 316 Signals and Networks (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 321 Introduction to Software Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 324 Computer Organization (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 326 Software Requirements Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 401 Co-operative Work Term 3 (2 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 420 Parallel Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 427 Operating Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 428 Software Engineering Practice (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 429 Software Validation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 458D1 Capstone Design Project (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 458D2 Capstone Design Project (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (20-23 credits)

Technical Complementaries (11–14 credits)

11-14 credits (4 courses) must be taken, chosen as follows: 3-4 credits (1 course) from List A 8-11 credits (3 courses) from List A or List B

List A (3–4 credits)

3-4 credits from the following:

  • ECSE 325 Digital Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 415 Introduction to Computer Vision (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 416 Telecommunication Networks (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 439 Software Language Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 444 Microprocessors (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 472 Fundamentals of Circuit Simulation and Modelling (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 544 Computational Photography (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

List B (0–11 credits)

0-11 credits from the following:

  • COMP 307 Principles of Web Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 330 Theory of Computation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 350 Numerical Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 370 Introduction to Data Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 409 Concurrent Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 417 Introduction Robotics and Intelligent Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 424 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 512 Distributed Systems (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 520 Compiler Design (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 521 Modern Computer Games (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 525 Formal Verification (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 529 Software Architecture (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 533 Model-Driven Software Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 547 Cryptography and Data Security (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 549 Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 550 Natural Language Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 551 Applied Machine Learning (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 559 Fundamentals of Computer Animation (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 562 Theory of Machine Learning (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 588 Probabilistic Graphical Models (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 343 Numerical Methods in Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 402 Co-operative Work Term 4 (2 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 421 Embedded Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 422 Fault Tolerant Computing (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 424 Human-Computer Interaction (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 425 Computer Architecture (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 437 Software Delivery (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 446 Realistic Image Synthesis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 507 Optimization and Optimal Control (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 520 Information Theory and Coding (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 509 Probability and Random Signals 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 525 Satellite Navigation Systems (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 526 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 532 Computer Graphics (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 551 Machine Learning for Engineers (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 552 Deep Learning (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 554 Applied Robotics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 556 Machine Learning in Network Biology (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 557 Introduction to Ethics of Intelligent Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 561 Automated Program Analysis and Testing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 247 Honours Applied Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Studies (9 credits)

9 credits

Group A - Impact of Technology on Society (3 credits)

3 credits from the following:

  • ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ARCH 515 Sustainable Design (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BTEC 502 Biotechnology Ethics and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMS 200 History of Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMS 411 Disability, Technology and Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 205 Global Change: Past, Present and Future (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 331 Managing and Organizing Digital Technology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 334 Design Thinking for User Experience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 455 Technology and Innovation for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LLCU 212 Understanding Digital and Social Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MGCR 331 Information Technology Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGPO 460 Managing Innovation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MGPO 485 Emerging Technologies: Organizing and Societal Stakes (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 500 Foundations of Sustainability for Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 530 Economics for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 325 Sociology of Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Group B - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies, and Law (6 credits)

6 credits Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credits for 3 credits (one course) from the Complementary Studies Group B list.

Faculty of Arts

200 or 300 level courses in the following departments excluding seminars, field courses, surveys, special/selected topics courses, courses with physical, natural or medical sciences, mathematics, and statistic contents, and courses reserved for major or Honours in the relative programs: Anthropology (ANTH) Art History & Communications (ARTH and COMS) East Asian Studies (EAST) Economics (ECON) (any 200- or 300-level course excluding ECON 227D1/D2 and ECON 337)* French Language & Literature (FREN)* (excluding FREN 222 and FREN 333) French Language Center (FRSL courses 200 level or higher) History and Classical Studies (HIST and CLAS) excluding HIST 339 Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (GSFS) Institute for Study of Canada (CANS, and INDG) Islamic Studies (AFRI, and ISLA) Jewish Studies (JWST) Languages, Literatures, Cultures (GERM, HISP, ITAL, LLCU and RUSS) Philosophy (PHIL) (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310) Political Science (POLI) (excluding POLI 311) Religious Studies (CATH and RELG) Sociology (SOCI) (excluding SOCI 211, SOCI 331, SOCI 342, SOCI 343 and SOCI 350)

Elective Course (3 credits)

One 3-credit course at the 200-level or higher from any department at McGill, approved by the Undergraduate Programs Office in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Desautels Faculty of Management

Desautels Faculty of Management

  • BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INTG 215 Entrepreneurship Essentials for Non-Management Students (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science

  • ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 338 History and Philosophy of Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

  • ARCH 528 History of Housing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 220 Law for Architects and Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 500 Technology Business Plan Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 501 Technology Business Plan Project (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Natural Science complementary courses (3 credits)

AND 3 credits Natural Science complementary courses chosen from courses from the following science departments, approved by the Undergraduate Programs Office in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC), Biology (BIOL), Chemistry (CHEM), Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPSC), Earth System Science (ESYS), Physics (PHYS)

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