Changes to BSENG courses

This page outlines recent major changes to the official UVic calendar that affect courses in the Software Engineering program.

September 2024

The BSENG program has been changed for fall 2024:

  • Removed ENGR141, PHYS111 from the program (was in term 1B)
  • Added one additional Natural Science Elective to term 1B
  • Moved CHEM101 from term 2A to term 1B
  • Moved one Complementary Studies Elective from term 4A to term 2A
  • Changed SENG499 to 3.0 units (in term 4A) to better reflect the workload expected in this course

The following courses have been added to/removed from the BSENG technical elective list:

  • CSC424 - Computational Complexity
  • SENG404 - Data Science for Software Engineering
  • SENG457 - Quantum Algorithms and Software Engineering
  • SENG477 - Safety and Assurance
  • CSC422 - Graph Algorithms is no longer being offered

May 2024

SENG360 has a new prereq/co-req of CSC370.

New technical electives have been created:

  • CSC424 - Computational Complexity
  • SENG404 - Data Science for Software Engineering
  • SENG457 - Quantum Algorithms and Software Engineering
  • SENG477 - Safety and Assurance

The above technical electives will not be officially added to the BSENG technical elective list until the September 2024 calendar. However, students have permission to take them now.

September 2023

CSC226 has a new prereq of STAT260.

New courses have been added to the BSENG technical elective list:

  • CSC412 - Computing for Cognitive Augmentation
  • CSC413 - Designing Creativity Support Tools
  • CSC427 - Advanced Topics in Bioinformatics
  • ECE406 - Applied Cryptography

Specializations have been updated to reflect these new technical electives.

May 2023

ECE 458 has been renumbered ECE363. The course content remains the same and it will continue to be offered in term 3A (spring).

New courses have been added to the BSENG technical elective list:

  • CSC402 - Systems for Massive Datasets
  • CSC428 - Computational Biology Algorithms

Specializations have been updated to reflect these new technical electives.

September 2022

SENG360 has a new prereq of either CSC361 or ECE458.

BSENG Core Course Prerequisite Flowchart

Last updated Fall 2023

BSENG Program Prerequisite Flowchart

The above flowchart is for reference only. Always confirm course prerequisites with the UVic Academic Calendar. Please report discrepancies to the BSENG Program Coordinator.