Software Engineering Minor (B.Eng.)

18 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (9 credits)

  • ECSE 223 Model-Based Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 321 Introduction to Software Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 428 Software Engineering Practice (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Complementary Courses

3 credits from the following: (3 credits)

3 credits from the following:

  • COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 250 Fundamentals of Software Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

6 credits from the following: (6 credits)

6 credits from the following:

  • COMP 302 Programming Languages and Paradigms (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 307 Principles of Web Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 370 Introduction to Data Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 409 Concurrent Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 421 Database Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 424 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 512 Distributed Systems (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 527 Logic and Computation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 326 Software Requirements Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 420 Parallel Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • 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 427 Operating Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 429 Software Validation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 437 Software Delivery (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 439 Software Language Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 446 Realistic Image Synthesis. 1, 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 526 Artificial Intelligence. 1, 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 539 Advanced Software Language Engineering. 1, 2 (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 546 Advanced Image Synthesis. 1, 2 (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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