Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

Software Engineering was established at UNB as a separate discipline in 2000. The BScSwE is administered jointly by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Faculty of Computer Science. The program educates professionals who apply engineering techniques to the design, implementation, test and maintenance of software products. Students graduating from the program will be eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer and an Information Systems Professional.

The BScSwE is designed as a four-year program or five years if undertaken in conjunction with the Co-op or Professional Experience Program. Students entering the program are strongly encouraged to participate in either Co-op or PEP, as it is widely recognized that the experience gained is a valuable component of a Software Engineering background. A description of these Cooperative Education Programs is found in the Bachelor of Computer Science and Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree program descriptions.

The Faculty of Computer Science also offers the following degree programs:

• 
  Bachelor of Computer Science
  
• 
  Bachelor of Information Systems
  

• 
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering
  

The program is designed to be completed in 8 study terms. Because the BScSwE is considered an engineering degree, the General Regulations, including minimum credit hour requirements that are listed under Bachelor of Science in Engineering, apply to the BScSwE program.The program consists of required “core” courses, basic science electives, technical electives and complementary studies electives. The first year of the program is common with other Engineering programs allowing transfers without penalty after one year. Students transferring from New Brunswick Community Colleges will be eligible to receive up to one year of credits toward the Software Engineering degree. A minimum grade of C is required for all courses used for credit towards the BScSwE degree.

CHEM 1982 General Applied Chemistry

or CS 3113² Introduction to Numerical Methods 

 or CS 3873¹ Net-centric Computing

Notes:

1. 
   CS 3873 is a prerequisite for the technical elective CS 5865.
   
2. 
   ECE 2412 or CS 3113 may be taken interchangeably.
   

Core courses in Basic Science include CHEM 1982 and CHEM 1987 . A minimum of 8ch of other Basic Science courses must be chosen from Physics, Chemistry, and the life or earth sciences. Students with credit in APSC 1013 and APSC 1023 may drop the basic science minimum to 6 ch.

Technical Electives

Each student is required to take a minimum of 12 ch of technical elective courses, chosen from the following list. Other senior level courses may be taken subject to approval by the Software Engineering Coordinator.

CS 2053 Introduction to Game Development

CS 4988 Open Source Project

The program requires 9 credit hours (typically three 3 credit hour courses) of Complementary Studies Electives (CSE). The choice of courses is subject to the following restrictions:

1. 
   Three credit hours must be a humanities and social sciences course addressing the impact of technology on society. A list of appropriate courses is available from the BScSwE program coordinator.
   
2. 
   The remaining three credit hours may be taken from Administration, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (TME) or the Humanities and Social Sciences. No more than three credit hours of language courses may be used for credit toward the BScSWE Degree.
   
3. 
   At least three additional credit hours must be in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). This includes courses from Classics, English, History, Philosophy, World Literature and Culture Studies (WLCS), Anthropology, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
   

Applicants who do not meet the current admission requirements for the BScSwE program but who offer an admission average of 70% may, at the discretion of the Faculty of Computer Science and the Faculty of engineering, be considered for admission to the Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering Entrance Program. This program enables accepted students to attend UNB for one year to demonstrate their aptitude and interest in Engineering through registration in a series of standard first year Software Engineering courses. Admission to the Entrance Program will be granted only to the extent that capacity allows. Students admitted to the Entrance Program will be individually counselled to select a reduced course load consisting of a maximum of 32 credit hours for the first year of study.

1. UNIV 1001 will not be counted for credit toward degree programs offered by the Faculty of Computer Science.