Minor Computer Science (25 credits)

Program Requirements

24-26 credits

This program gives students in Engineering an introduction to core computer science concepts. The Minor is open to B.Eng. and B.Sc.(Arch.) students in Engineering who have already taken ECSE 202, COMP 202, or COMP 208. This program is not open to students in the B.Eng.; Co-op in Software Engineering program. All courses in the Minor must be passed with a grade of C or better. The Minor program may be completed in 24-26 credits, of which no more than 6 credits may overlap with the primary program. Students who are interested in this Minor should consult with the Undergraduate Program CooThis program gives students in Engineering an introduction to core computer science concepts. The Minor is open to B.Eng. and B.Sc.(Arch.) students in Engineering who have already taken ECSE 202, COMP 202, or COMP 208. This program is not open to students in the B.Eng.; Co-op in Software Engineering program. All courses in the Minor must be passed with a grade of C or better. The Minor program may be completed in 24-26 credits, of which no more than 6 credits may overlap with the primary program. Students who are interested in this Minor should consult with the Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the School of Computer Science for administrative matters, and should consult with both the Minor Adviser in Computer Science and with their department adviser for approval of their course selection. Forms must be submitted and approved before the end of the drop/add period of the student's final term

Required Courses

3 credits

• COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Comprehensive overview of programming in C, use of system calls and libraries, debugging and testing of code; use of developmental tools like make, version control systems.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Errington, Jacob (Fall) Vybihal, Joseph P (Winter)

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: COMP 202 or COMP 250

Complementary Courses (21-23 credits)

3 credits from the following:

• COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Mathematical tools (binary numbers, induction,recurrence relations, asymptotic complexity,establishing correctness of programs). Datastructures (arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists,trees, binary trees, binary search trees, heaps,hash tables). Recursive and non-recursivealgorithms (searching and sorting, tree andgraph traversal). Abstract data types. Objectoriented programming in Java (classes andobjects, interfaces, inheritance). Selected topics.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Alberini, Giulia (Fall) Alberini, Giulia (Winter)

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 140 or equivalent. COMP 202 or COMP 204 or COMP 208 (or equivalent).

  • Corequisite(s): MATH 133

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECSE 250.

• ECSE 250 Fundamentals of Software Development (3 credits)

  Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Electrical Engineering : Software development practices in the context of object-oriented programming. Elementary data structures such as lists, stacks and trees. Recursive and non-recursive algorithms: searching and sorting, tree and graph traversal. Asymptotic notation: Big O. Introduction to tools and practices employed in commercial software development.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Lin, Hsiu-Chin (Fall) Wei, Lili (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: COMP 202

  • (3-2-4)

3 credits from the following:

• COMP 302 Programming Languages and Paradigms (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Programming language design issues and programming paradigms. Binding and scoping, parameter passing, lambda abstraction, data abstraction, type checking. Functional and logic programming.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Pientka, Brigitte (Fall) Errington, Jacob (Winter)

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite(s): COMP 250 and (MATH 240 or MATH 235 or MATH 318 or COMP 230 or PHIL 210)

• COMP 303 Software Design (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Principles, mechanisms, techniques, and tools for object-oriented software design and its implementation, including encapsulation, design patterns, and unit testing.

  Terms: Fall 2024

  Instructors: Robillard, Martin (Fall)

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisites: COMP 206, COMP 250.

3-4 credits from the following:

• COMP 273 Introduction to Computer Systems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Number representations, combinational and sequential digital circuits, MIPS instructions and architecture datapath and control, caches, virtual memory, interrupts and exceptions, pipelining.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Elsaadawy, Mona (Fall) Kry, Paul (Winter)

  • 3 hours

  • Corequisite: COMP 206.

• ECSE 324 Computer Organization (4 credits)

  Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Electrical Engineering : Basic computer structures; instruction set architecture; assembly language; input/output; memory; software; processor implementation; computer arithmetic. Lab work involving assembly language level programming of single-board computers.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Dubach, Christophe (Fall)

  • Prerequisite(s): ECSE 200, ECSE 222, and COMP 206

  • (3-4-5)

3-4 credits from the following:

• CHEE 390 Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : Linear systems of algebraic equations, Gaussian elimination; non-linear algebraic systems: Taylor series, incremental search, bisection method, linear interpolation, Newton-Raphson's method; differentiation and integration; initial value problems: Euler's and Runge Kutta's methods, stiff equations, adaptive solvers; boundary value problems; curve fitting; numerical optimization; probability theory and stochastic simulation: Monte Carlo method.

  Terms: Fall 2024

  Instructors: Servio, Phillip (Fall)

  • (3-1-5)

  • Prerequisites: CHEE 204, COMP 208, MATH 263

  • Corequisite: MATH 264

• CIVE 320 Numerical Methods (4 credits)

  Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Civil Engineering : Numerical procedures applicable to civil engineering problems: integration, differentiation, solution of initial-value problems, solving linear and non-linear systems of equations, boundary-value problems for ordinary-differential equations, and for partial-differential equations.

  Terms: Fall 2024

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • (4-2-6)

  • Prerequisites: COMP 208, MATH 264.

• COMP 350 Numerical Computing (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Computer representation of numbers, IEEE Standard for Floating Point Representation, computer arithmetic and rounding errors. Numerical stability. Matrix computations and software systems. Polynomial interpolation. Least-squares approximation. Iterative methods for solving a nonlinear equation. Discretization methods for integration and differential equations.

  Terms: Fall 2024

  Instructors: Chang, Xiao-Wen (Fall)

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisites: MATH 222 and MATH 223 and one of: COMP 202, COMP 208, COMP 250; or equivalents.

  • Restrictions: Students cannot receive credit for both COMP 350 and MATH 317.

• ECSE 343 Numerical Methods in Engineering (3 credits)

  Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Electrical Engineering : Number representation and numerical error. Symbolic vs. numerical computation. Curve fitting and interpolation. Numerical differentiation and integration. Optimization. Data science pipelines and data-driven approaches. Preliminary machine learning. Solutions of systems of linear equations and nonlinear equations. Solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations. Applications in engineering, physical simulation, CAD, machine learning and digital media.

  Terms: Winter 2025

  Instructors: Khazaka, Roni (Winter)

  • (3-2-4)

  • Prerequisites: ECSE 205, MATH 263 and (ECSE 250 or COMP 250)

• MATH 317 Numerical Analysis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Error analysis. Numerical solutions of equations by iteration. Interpolation. Numerical differentiation and integration. Introduction to numerical solutions of differential equations.

  Terms: Fall 2024

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: MATH 315 or MATH 325 or MATH 263, and COMP 202 or permission of instructor.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken COMP 350

• MECH 309 Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Mechanical Engineering : Numerical techniques for problems commonly encountered in Mechanical Engineering are presented. Chebyshev interpolation, quadrature, roots of equations in one or more variables, matrices, curve fitting, splines and ordinary differential equations. The emphasis is on the analysis and understanding of the problem rather than the details of the actual numerical program.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

  • (3-1-5)

  • Prerequisites: MATH 263, MATH 271, COMP 208.

9 credits from:

• COMP 251 Algorithms and Data Structures (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Introduction to algorithm design and analysis. Graph algorithms, greedy algorithms, data structures, dynamic programming, maximum flows.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Alberini, Giulia (Fall) Becerra, David (Winter)

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisites: COMP 250; MATH 235 or MATH 240

  • COMP 251 uses basic counting techniques (permutations and combinations) that are covered in MATH 240 but not in MATH 235. These techniques will be reviewed for the benefit of MATH 235 students.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 252.

• MATH 240 Discrete Structures (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Introduction to discrete mathematics and applications. Logical reasoning and methods of proof. Elementary number theory and cryptography: prime numbers, modular equations, RSA encryption. Combinatorics: basic enumeration, combinatorial methods, recurrence equations. Graph theory: trees, cycles, planar graphs.

  Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025

  Instructors: Macdonald, Jeremy (Fall) Fortier, Jérôme (Winter)

  • Fall and Winter

  • Corequisite: MATH 133.

  • Restriction: For students in any Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering programs. Others only with the instructor's permission. Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 235.

COMP courses at the 300 level or above except COMP 396, COMP 400.

It is strongly recommended that students take COMP 251, as it is a prerequisite of many later computer science courses.